Dragon at Disneyland bursts into flames, no injuries reported
All cast members were evacuated from Tom Sawyer Island, where the show is staged, due to the fire, according to a Disneyland official. Elaine Gilmer has seen the performance of "Fantasmic!" at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, over 100 times, but Saturday evening's show was one to remember. "The dragon's head started to glow, and I see fire and kind of smoke coming out," she said with hesitation. "I was like, 'Oh ... they added some new stuff because that didn't didn't happen like that before.'" However, Gilmer's daughter Elyssa began to realize that the fire from the animatronic dragon's mouth appeared to spread to the body of the 45-foot creature, which is styled after the storybook villain of Sleeping Beauty, Maleficent. An image captured by an attendee shows Tom Sawyer Island as an animatronic dragon catches fire during a showing of Fantasmic! at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, April 22, 2023. Brenda CoutiƱo ...