Yesterday’s Fire at the Magic Kingdom Reportedly Caused by Junction Box Outside Cinderella Castle

Katie Francis

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Yesterday’s Fire at the Magic Kingdom Reportedly Caused by Junction Box Outside Cinderella Castle

Katie Francis

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Yesterday’s Fire at the Magic Kingdom Reportedly Caused by Junction Box Outside Cinderella Castle

Yesterday, a small fire broke out at the Magic Kingdom, resulting in emergency vehicles driving down Main Street to Cinderella Castle.

Jon Shirey, the Reedy Creek Firefighters Association president, told the Orlando Sentinel that the call initially came into the fire department around 6:45 p.m. as an electrical fire on a junction box outside the castle.

The security guard who was transported after inhaling dry chemicals from the fire extinguisher was the only injury.

A tree next to the junction box caught fire, resulting in the evacuation of Cinderella Castle.

Firefighters initially reported that a firework appeared to have caught the tree on fire, but no fireworks were launched during that time. The official cause is still under investigation as it is unclear how the junction box started the fire.

Though firefighters avoid driving through main areas of Disney’s parks when possible, the nature of the call caused responders to drive down the Main Street area of the Magic Kingdom, Shirey said.

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