Seven Dwarfs Mine Train Fire?

Catching wind of the same. No details yet...

Edit...I've been able to catch some photos and a video. Appears to be a pretty decent size fire. Decent amount of flames and smoke showing.

Edit 2....Photo and Video media is beginning to make its way to news sites. Can't remember if we can post content here, but I'm erring on the side of caution and will just suggest to the check news sites.

SBETigg;2439101 wrote: Seeing reports that the Mine Train is on fire? Any news? Seems cause for concern.

*Newer reports say no injuries and still vary between small fire, already under control, to partial structure collapse. It's news just coming in so I guess it will be some time before we know exactly what happened and the extent of it, but the good news, if true, would be that there are no injuries. The cause appears to be related to fireworks.

Hearing that the fire is out and that Reedy Creek had it under control and extinguished within minutes. The size of the fire, wouldn't be surprised with the structure being unstable. People evacuating also said there soo far appears to be no injuries. :thumbsup:

Figaro;2439103 wrote: Hearing that the fire is out and that Reedy Creek had it under control and extinguished within minutes. The size of the fire, wouldn't be surprised with the structure being unstable. People evacuating also said there soo far appears to be no injuries. :thumbsup:

Thanks for the updated news. I'm sure we'll know more soon. I am very happy to hear that there were no injuries, as reported so far.

Per News8 no injuries have been reported. No comments from Disney yet.

I knew that it was a popular "HOT" ride, but who would have thought this would happen.:blush:

Disney released statement saying small fire broke out at the ride around 11. Reedy Creek responded and put it out. Fire caused by Wishes. Ride reopened around midnight per Orlando Sentinal.

i'm very happy to hear no injuries. and that the ride reopened as well.

It was actually around 10:20pm, from what I've read on multiple Orlando media outlets.

It was fallout from "Wishes" on some landscaping on the outside of the "show building". It wasn't actually the ride itself.

Isn't this like the 2nd or 3rd time they've set fire to the park with Wishes?

I remember saying when they first started Wishes that I was afraid they'd burn the place down ... time for Wishes to go.

Some pics and video compiled here if you are curious what it looked like:

http://myfox8.com/2014/11/01/seven-dwarfs-mine-train-on-fire-at-disney-world/

Yeah, early reports were overblown, apparently. Thank goodness. Thanks for the updates. But it does make you wonder about the fireworks.

Ian;2439129 wrote: Isn't this like the 2nd or 3rd time they've set fire to the park with Wishes?

This is the second fire on Mine Train due to the fireworks that I remember. I know they used to water the roofs of the buildings I wonder if they are going to figure out a system to water down the mountain.

Wouldn't you think that, since this type of thing has happened before, there would be sprayers or misters installed on these buildings to put out or prevent fires from the firework debris?

They could have installed a system that would have sprayed a light mist over the outside of the building to dampen it enough to avoid fires started by hot ash. It would not take much moisture to do it. Not much more than a plant greenhouse misting system set on a timer from 15 minutes prior to fireworks start to 15 past fireworks end. It could easily be set up to not affect the ride track itself.

LittleDreamer;2439144 wrote: This is the second fire on Mine Train due to the fireworks that I remember. I know they used to water the roofs of the buildings I wonder if they are going to figure out a system to water down the mountain.

First very small fire was in an electrical equipment room, not from fireworks.