Looking at the back of the ship, we can see that this specific ship is the Carnival Freedom, an older ship in the lineup of Carnival Cruise Ships. At this time we are unsure how the fire started or if the situation was resolved. We also do not know if any injuries were reported. We will update the story as more information comes out.
When you visit a Disney Park, there are a number of things you come to expect. Many people expect great food, incredible rides, and some truly stunning parades and shows. Over the years, Disney has worked incredibly hard to create truly magical experiences, and it shows. One thing you may not expect to see is a fire. I don’t mean shows that incorporate fires into their design. I am talking about an accidental fire that begins to burn and will only get worse if something is not done quickly.
However, Guests visiting Disneyland Paris recently experienced one such fire. Disneyland Paris is currently celebrating its 30th Anniversary, and one of the fun things that Guests can see is a special parade featuring some of their favorite characters. During the parade, some of the characters dance on a float that rolls down the street. It appears that there are flowers and plants all around the float. The dance routine performed by the characters includes some small pyrotechnics. It was those pyrotechnics that ignited a fire on the float.
From a video shared by TikToker In Pixie I Trust (@inpixieitrust) the flowers caught fire and smoke quickly started to rise. As the fire grows, a man can be seen walking off camera and then coming back into the frame. As the fire grows, the characters keep dancing. We don’t know if they were able to see what was happening. A woman and teen girl see the fire and talk to the man. It then looks like the teen girl runs off camera to find help. The man then takes action and jumps up to put the fire out himself by stomping on it.
The man was thankfully able to extinguish the flames. A Cast Member then comes up and makes sure that everything is out, and the show goes on. After putting out the fire, the man simply went back into the crowd and acted like he didn’t just save the day.
This is not the first fire that has broken out at a Disney Park in the past couple of months. Another Guest visiting the Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World saw a fire breakout at the Journey of the Little Mermaid attraction. It was speculated that fireworks may have started the blaze. Luckily, no serious damage was done, and the attraction was up and running the next day.
It seems like Disney’s remake of the iconic film has encountered a “slight” problem.
As reported by Variety, one of the sets for Disney’s Snow White remake, located at Pinewood Studios, has caught on fire.
It seems as though production has hit more than just a “snag” with one of the sets being completely engulfed in flames after a fire broke out. See the video of the huge fire from Dayz_out (@tobyrolph) below:
The stage was under construction when a tree reportedly caught fire, resulting in the huge uncontrollable blaze shown in the video. According to a Disney source, “no filming was underway”. We are not sure how much of a setback this will be for the film’s production and whether or not the set was salvageable in any way.
“A set made up of a lot of wood, and trees etc was currently being built in the Richard Attenborough stage,” an unnamed source told The Sun. “Rumor is a piece of set has caught alight and spread across the rest of the set. Some crew in the studio were shaken but evacuated without injury.”
One witness told the newspaper that “It was just mental. I didn’t see it start but I was told first a tree went up. By the time I got there the flames were massive, going right up to the ceiling. Then bits of the set started falling into flames and the thatched cottage started lighting up.” Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the crazy fire on Tuesday afternoon around 3 p.m., with twelve total appliances and crews coming to the rescue. Thankfully, no one was reportedly hurt by the fire.
Yesterday, according to a tweet from an Orlando-based travel site, Gotta Go Orlando, Space Mountain and the PeopleMover at Tomorrowland at Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort had been evacuated after a fire alarm was activated. The Reedy Creek Fire Department responded to the call.
Space Mountain & The PeopleMover at Magic Kingdom are both currently closed
A fire alarm was activated, with Guests evacuated by Cast Members
The Reedy Creek Fire Department responded to an unknown incident at Space Mountain around 3:45 p.m.
Shortly after seeing Gotta Go Orlando’s tweet, another tweet claimed that a spokesperson for Reedy Creek confirmed that the department had responded to a call, but that there was no fire, leaving no answers about what exactly had prompted the evacuation of Guests at both attractions, the activation of the fire alarm, and the response from Reedy Creek.
In regards to the Space Mountain and PeopleMover closure. Reedy Creek Fire Department did respond to the area, but the department spokesperson says there was no fire.
Now, according to The Orlando Sentinel, smoke from a breakroom refrigerator led to the evacuation of Guests from Space Mountain, per Tim Stromsnes, communications director for the Reedy Creek Professional Firefighters and a union official for the firefighters.
Stromsnes says only one engine responded to the call for help. Once a Reedy Creek firefighter unplugged the refrigerator, the other units that had been called to assist in the response were canceled.
Eryka Washington, a spokeswoman for Reedy Creek, confirmed that there had been no fire at Space Mountain.
A call for assistance from the Orange County Fire Rescue was also placed for aid at an address near Tomorrowland, but that call was also canceled. According to the My Disney Experience app, at 4:30 p.m. local time, the Space Mountain attraction was still closed, but by 4:45 p.m., it had reopened to Guests with an 80-minute wait to experience the attraction.As of 5:00 p.m. local time, the PeopleMover attraction remained closed, though it had opened briefly sometime around 4:30 p.m.
Guests in the Magic Kingdom at the Walt Disney World Resort two nights ago have shared images of emergency crews making their way down Main Street U.S.A. Orange County Emergency Services has listed the call as a fire via a 9-1-1 call log, and early Guest reports on social media mentioned smoke near Frontierland or Liberty Square, but it has since confirmed that the fire was started in the kitchen of Cinderella’s Royal Table inside Cinderella Castle.
With the fire taking place inside Cinderella Castle at Cinderella’s Royal Table, Cast Members are currently evacuating Guests from nearby areas of the park. Guest John Keegan, who was in the area and took the above photo, also shared that emergency services brought someone out from the side doors of the Emporium to the doors near Tony’s Town Square Square Restaurant on a stretcher, however, this may have just been a precaution as Disney has since confirmed that no one was hurt during the accident.
Guests who were dining inside Cinderella’s Royal Table when the fire broke out were evacuated down the back staircase of Cinderella Castle into Fantasyland where Cast Members helped move them to a safe area as emergency crews arrived on the scene.
Scott Gustin on Twitter has shared a statement by Disney confirming that the fire was small and quickly put out by using fire extinguishers and that no one was hurt during this event.
Walt Disney World has issued a statement about the incident at Magic Kingdom earlier today:
“There was a small fire in Magic Kingdom. The fire was quickly extinguished by fire extinguishers. No one was hurt.”pic.twitter.com/962UWV0uSM
Magic Kingdom Cast Members were quick to respond to the incident, and Guests onsite report that the Cast Members they interacted with all handled the emergency situation extremely well and were quick to move Guests out of the area and keep everyone safe.
