Fire at Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s ‘Festival of the Lion King’ Show

Update: According to the Orlando Sentinel, the fire happened during one of the afternoon performances on Monday, March 21. 1,000 people were evacuated from the attraction after the fire started under one of the show’s floats. The fire department was called, but the fire was out before they arrived.

The next performance was cancelled and the first show tomorrow may be cancelled as well.

Guests who were evacuated were given a ticket for another show. The cause is not yet known.

News source: Orlando Sentinel

A reported fire broke out at Disney’s Animal Kingdom’s ‘Festival of the Lion King’ show today. You can hear the crowd being evacuated in the video posted to Twitter below. We’ll update with more details as they come in.