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quaint

(3,570 posts)
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 08:11 AM Apr 2023

Massive fire breaks out at Disneyland park

KTLA
The fire ignited on Tom Sawyer Island during the Fantasmic! nighttime water and fireworks show held on the Rivers of America.

Citizen video captured by parkgoers shows massive flames fully engulfing Maleficent’s dragon prop on stage. The flames first ignited from the dragon’s face before spreading to the rest of its body.

Video showed cast members evacuating packed crowds out of the waterfront viewing area and nearby attractions as firefighters worked to extinguish the flames.

Disneyland officials responded to KTLA’s request for comment, saying:
“During the final showing of Fantasmic at Disneyland park on Saturday evening, the dragon caught fire. Anaheim Fire & Rescue quickly responded and the fire was extinguished. All cast members were evacuated from Tom Sawyer Island. Due to smoke and wind, attractions near the island were safely cleared of any guests, and the cause of the fire remains under investigation at this time.”

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Massive fire breaks out at Disneyland park (Original Post) quaint Apr 2023 OP
Very odd. nt Phoenix61 Apr 2023 #1
Agree. quaint Apr 2023 #3
It's happened before. ChazInAz Apr 2023 #18
It's a fire-breathing-simulating animatron...perhaps not so odd? NullTuples Apr 2023 #31
Got to admire Disney's ability to get on top of a situation, and thier press department to get a ... marble falls Apr 2023 #2
His ego is in the way. quaint Apr 2023 #4
👆👆👆 Rebl2 Apr 2023 #23
+1 sheshe2 Apr 2023 #10
I know it is Disneyland, not Disneyworld, but deathsentence immediately niyad Apr 2023 #5
Ooh, possible. quaint Apr 2023 #6
He's incompetent enough to consider it seriously. marble falls Apr 2023 #8
I wondered the same thing. The GOP is making Disney public enemy #1. Irish_Dem Apr 2023 #9
Was my... 2naSalit Apr 2023 #12
There are unstable people everywhere. plimsoll Apr 2023 #17
Or some anti Woke Traildogbob Apr 2023 #19
Me, too. OMGWTF Apr 2023 #22
What's next, a horse's head in your bed...? CTyankee Apr 2023 #24
MASSIVE! taxi Apr 2023 #7
Aren't Dragons supposed to spew fire? sdfernando Apr 2023 #11
Might turn out to be wind gusts... quaint Apr 2023 #13
Does DeScumbag have an alibi. The Jungle 1 Apr 2023 #14
I believe he actually worked yesterday at his part-time governor job. ;-) quaint Apr 2023 #16
Nah. We'll never let him in here. vanlassie Apr 2023 #20
That is good news The Jungle 1 Apr 2023 #29
Well, that's embarrassing spinbaby Apr 2023 #15
Damn dragon got in the vodka stash again. KY_EnviroGuy Apr 2023 #21
Even tourists pick-up the SoCal chill. quaint Apr 2023 #25
Dragons are so hard to keep in captivity, they belong in the wild nt yaesu Apr 2023 #26
Yes! Along with Drogon, Rhaegal, and Viserion. quaint Apr 2023 #27
Yikes DownriverDem Apr 2023 #28
"the dragon caught fire" Sympthsical Apr 2023 #30
Keep in mind... Cronezilla Apr 2023 #32
Once upon a time we were "notoriously Republican" but we've been Bluish Purple for a while now. quaint Apr 2023 #33
Thanks for the updated info! Cronezilla Apr 2023 #34

NullTuples

(6,017 posts)
31. It's a fire-breathing-simulating animatron...perhaps not so odd?
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 11:25 AM
Apr 2023

Video shows the area around the flame mechanism catching, then the head, then the neck. Looks like a simple mechanical malfunction & the "massive" fire was isolated to that one machine.

marble falls

(62,249 posts)
2. Got to admire Disney's ability to get on top of a situation, and thier press department to get a ...
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 08:21 AM
Apr 2023

... a clear statement out in a timely fashion.

I wonder if DeSantis has any idea yet how outmatched he is by Disney's ability to handle a situation.

Irish_Dem

(57,912 posts)
9. I wondered the same thing. The GOP is making Disney public enemy #1.
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 08:40 AM
Apr 2023

It would be naive not to consider this possibility.
Of course the MAGAs are paying attention.

2naSalit

(92,838 posts)
12. Was my...
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 08:53 AM
Apr 2023

First question. Ronny isn't smart enough to coordinate but there are outsider sympathizers who could.

plimsoll

(1,690 posts)
17. There are unstable people everywhere.
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 09:24 AM
Apr 2023

Just because it's not in Florida doesn't mean that some other person hasn't been motivated by DeSantis and right wing rhetoric to attack Disneyland. Their Pride show may have been enough to motivate someone from Shasta to come down and share.

Traildogbob

(10,017 posts)
19. Or some anti Woke
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 09:27 AM
Apr 2023

SeSatan Groupies. Trumpers are also Anti Woke, and slivers of Cali have some sick ass GQP terrorists on the lose.

quaint

(3,570 posts)
16. I believe he actually worked yesterday at his part-time governor job. ;-)
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 09:14 AM
Apr 2023

It's his buddies on our coast that concern me.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,595 posts)
21. Damn dragon got in the vodka stash again.
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 09:41 AM
Apr 2023

Great that the crowd was staying relatively calm and slowly moving away.......

Thanks for posting. Looks like a heck of a mess to clean up and repair.

Cronezilla

(59 posts)
32. Keep in mind...
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 11:30 AM
Apr 2023

that Disneyland CA is in Buena Park, Orange County, CA. Orange
County runs notoriously Republican. It doesn't stretch
the imagination too far to consider the possibility of some
local RWNJ kids infiltrating the park and trying to sabotage
things. This event needs to be carefully investigated before
there's a real tragedy.
There's a reason SoCal locals say "Don't mess with The Mouse"...
FA & FO !!!

quaint

(3,570 posts)
33. Once upon a time we were "notoriously Republican" but we've been Bluish Purple for a while now.
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 12:30 PM
Apr 2023

County.......Biden votes.......Biden pct.......Trump votes.......Trump pct
Orange........814,009.............53.5%............676,498..............44.5%

Cronezilla

(59 posts)
34. Thanks for the updated info!
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 02:00 PM
Apr 2023

Back when I lived in the Southland, Orange Cnty was scary red.
I'm glad to hear things are improving!

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