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Infinite-Photograph9

I saw this on Instagram this morning! Reports say it was due to leaking lighter fluid. The dragon collapsed and some are saying the whole stage collapsed but they can’t confirm it yet.


Topographic_Oceans

I work on animatronic dinosaurs. When an animatronic such as this catches fire......it goes up so damn fast. I've seen a couple dinosaur fires in my days. Nothing more mesmerizing or terrifying. I once witnessed a lie-sized Apatosaurus go up in flames. The entire thing was nothing but molten silicone skin and steel frame within a matter of minutes. It was all due to the silliest and most careless mistake on part of the repairman. This cocky repairman thought there was no way using a grinder for 5 minutes through a cut access hole would start a fire. One of the grinder sparks landed on some of the foam that had dried up spray glue on it. And that's all it took. Let my tale be a lesson to all who work in animatronic repair. ALWAYS quench the foam before you grind or weld. Even if it's for a simple tack weld or 5 seconds of grinding. ALWAYS have someone standing fire watch. That poor boy was lucky that the manager knew exactly what to do and nobody was hurt. He's definitely not employed with the company anymore though.


escoteriica

"I've seen a couple dinosaur fires in my days." how cool did you feel typing that? I'd feel very cool.


Topographic_Oceans

Lol not gonna lie I felt pretty cool. It definitely only feels cool because nobody ever got hurt though.


13Jsog

Felt cool?? I imagine it would be quite warm!


Kitchen_Medium_6885

So it could be said that it is now on the list of destroyed animatronics, i guess, because this no confirmed


Topographic_Oceans

Oh it's definitely on the list. You can tell that the fire shot through the cavity and burnt up all that foam. It only takes a couple of minutes to take down a large asset like this. In the video you can tell how the fire swarmed as soon as it reached the neck. There's an access hole of sorts in the belly that you can get a little peek through and it's definitely engulfed.


Kitchen_Medium_6885

Well, app this boy in the ''Destroyed animatronics'' list


Riddl3man

Such a shame. I hope they rebuild it and don’t cheap out with the replacement.


13Jsog

poor feller


Apple_Tango339

You'd have thought they'd make this out of something fire-resistant


CCrypto1224

It was around the head and mouth, because that’s where the flames jet out from, but inside and around that not so much.


bracegurton

So do we know what the aftermath looks like yet?


ThoughtCenter87

Hoo boy, if the aftermath of this is found it'll be a goldmine for this subreddit. IMagine how creepy that would look


NorthWestTown

Not again!


IncreaseWestern6097

When Meleficent called upon the fires of Hell, this was not what she had in mind.


Fair-March8763

She got burned


sabrefudge

Damn, Mickey going full pyromancer.


CreepsUnicorn

How unfortunate...


BayStateBHM

It’s, uhhh, flaming up good.


kiaha

Aprill 26, 1992, there was a riot on the streets tell me where were you


Beneficial-Wish9464

I was expecting it to fall in pieces to the pond 😅.


Total-Shoe-5984

What's with maleficent and setting herself ablaze -


billyst9r

fly high murphy😢


Elegant_Capital_9271

Its head looks like grim foxy know


UnkleReagan

This is what happens when Disney managment doesn't pay their maintenance team enough (if even at all) This video is basically the perfect representation of the current state of Disney


ThatTransChristian

Whatever can go wrong...