News Dragon caught fire in today’s Festival of Fantasy parade

[rvtraveller]

Head ablaze between Hall of Presidents and the Christmas Shop. Ops trying to get crowds under control while others try and put out the fire with extinguishers

 

[WDWVolFan]

Magic Kingdom IS having a bad day today...

 

[TylerFromMI]

Saw on my Facebook feed that FoF had a fire today with the dragon float.

 

[HauntedPirate]

 

[TROR]

Apparently it was put our quickly. But still that's wild.

 

[TJJohn12]

 

[MissM]

Source:

 

[JustInTime]

Omg. That’s terrible. I hope that’s not the last we see of the dragon (though I’d love to see the return of the Main Street garland). So sad!

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

Not my photos but saw on FB & Twitter

 

[trainplane3]

Luckily there's a night parade to entertain guests!
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Wait...there isn't? Huh.

 

[wdwfan22]

Did they end up calling off the parade or did they continue after it was put out?

 

[Rteetz]

That dragon is gonna need a serious refurbishment after this.

 

[Rteetz]

Did they end up calling off the parade or did they continue after it was put out?

I don't know how it would have continued.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

Short Video

 

[habuma]

Omg. That’s terrible. I hope that’s not the last we see of the dragon (though I’d love to see the return of the Main Street garland). So sad!

Indeed. My initial reaction, after finding out that everyone is okay, is sadness for the dragon itself. It's easily one of my favorite things to see in the parade. I'm hoping that it's out of commission only briefly to fix up the damage, take preventative measures to avoid a repeat, and then back on the streets breathing fire as usual. I hope that she's not out permanently or that the fire effect is disabled when she returns. (Cue B-Mode disco-dragon jokes.)

 

[TylerFromMI]

Luckily there's a night parade to entertain guests!
...
...
Wait...there isn't? Huh.

Wondering if they will run FoF now sans dragon segment?

 

[Andrew C]

yowser...crazy

 

[TwilightZone]

I hope the driver in there is OK.
Also didn't last year one of the floats in Lion King catch on fire too?
Maybe disney needs to look into their pyro effects.

 

[trainplane3]

Wondering if they will run FoF now sans dragon segment?

I'd think so. It would be a waste of a parade to cancel it due to one single float was out.

 

[PrincessNelly_NJ]

I hope the driver in there is OK.
Also didn't last year one of the floats in Lion King catch on fire too?
Maybe disney needs to look into their pyro effects.

See many report the driver got out quickly and is okay.