Fire at Magic Kingdom

[GhostHost1000]

Statement from Disney -

Wow that was one helluva response then.

cmon everyone:
“I’m driving right down the middle of Main Street USA”

 

[JoeCamel]

Some video on Twitter -

That one is sounding it's siren???

 

[GhostHost1000]

That one is sounding it's siren???

Yeah what a strange response to a small fire if that was really the case. Bizarre way to handle it

 

[-em]

Yeah what a strange response to a small fire if that was really the case. Bizarre way to handle it

Very very bizarre…

like I can come up with 10 ways without using Main Street

 

[lazyboy97o]

Yeah what a strange response to a small fire if that was really the case. Bizarre way to handle it

An automatic fire alarm would have notified the fire department on its own without knowing the size or situation.

 

[Zummi Gummi]

Was Chief Smokey available to assist or is he still on COVID furlough?

 

[Bullseye1967]

 

[Bullseye1967]

It was at CRT. Small kitchen fire.

Edit: not at CRT as report earlier. It appears it was in brush or mulch.

 

[Lilofan]

Very very bizarre…

like I can come up with 10 ways without using Main Street

Like driving backstage on a side road?

 

[hosekiller]

Nothing illogical with this response…..there’s probably a very good reason for them to drive down Main Street, even if it’s not readily evident. A structure fire response will include units responding from several different stations, and the response will be preplanned. They have to take into account hydrant locations, FDC locations, building layout, access for specialty units, exposures. Then you have to account for backstage obstacles. Were these units out of the station when they received this call? Honestly surprised we don’t see this more often.

 

[networkpro]

It was at CRT. Small kitchen fire.

Even that wouldnt improve the current offering.

 

[Brian]

Very very bizarre…

like I can come up with 10 ways without using Main Street

Given that it's a party night, it's likely that entertainment had already started staging for the first parade behind the Frontierland gate, making the Main Street gate the next best option, especially if the alpha units were already standing by (as they sometimes do) behind MS west.

 

[Lilofan]

Even that wouldnt improve the current offering.

Sounds like the guests eating may get a free meal.

 

[Brian]

Sounds like the guests eating may get a free meal.

Hopefully they're out before the clock strikes midnight.

 

[Squishy]

Where is the kitchen located at? Seems like the smoke came from ground level near the moat.

 

[flynnibus]

Nothing illogical with this response…..there’s probably a very good reason for them to drive down Main Street, even if it’s not readily evident. A structure fire response will include units responding from several different stations, and the response will be preplanned

Look at the road access to get to Main Street.. it loops around the west side of MK and you go past two road access points to adventureland.

The fact this has been so rare is what made it stand out as unusual - not the fire/EMS response in the park, but that they took this route.

Someone talking parade staging makes a lot of sense.. considering tonight is a AH party with parade.

 

[ToTBellHop]

Wonder how they figured it out. It’s standard operating procedure to burn your food at CRT.

 

[zakattack99]

EDIT: See @Squishy post above they beat me too it!

 

[WEDway Inc & Company LLC]

So fire alarms sounded in Tomorrowland, too. Interesting

 

[Brian]

Where is the kitchen located at? Seems like the smoke came from ground level near the moat.

The same level as the balcony (under the 50th medallion).