2,000 flee Disney hotel Christmas tree fire

[Judge Smails]

2,000 flee Disney hotel Christmas tree fire

28/12/2005 - 19:56:51

A 35-foot Christmas tree caught fire today in the lobby of the Disneyland Grand Californian Hotel in Anaheim forcing the evacuation of more than 2,000 guests.

No one was injured except for a guest who complained of a strained back and another with symptoms of stress, officials said.

The sprinkler system kept the 3am. blaze in the artificial tree in check, and firefighters were able to quickly put it out, said Maria Sabol, a spokeswoman for the Anaheim Fire Department.

She called the fire “electrical in nature,” saying it started after employees changed some lightbulbs on the tree and turned the lights back on.

The 745-room hotel in the centre of the Disneyland Resort was at full capacity with about 2,300 guests, said Rob Doughty, the resort’s vice president of communications. They were evacuated but were back in their rooms by 7am., Sabol said.

 

[cmonroe]

Spaulding, that calls for the old Billy Baroo....

 

[bicker]

Hmm... I what constitutes a "flee" rather than an "escape" versus a "scamper" versus a "vamoose".

 

[Judge Smails]

Spaulding, that calls for the old Billy Baroo....

Are you my pal.....Mr. scholarship winner??

 

[Judge Smails]

You forgot skeedaddled and hightailed.

 

[bicker]

I suspect, given the hour and the fact that the fire wasn't a raging inferno, that the guests were more likely moseying out of the hotel, rather than fleeing.

 

[Planogirl]

Or as they often say here, got the hell out of Dodge.

 

[cmonroe]

Are you my pal.....Mr. scholarship winner??

LOL!!!!



It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile, is the man who can smile, when his shorts are too tight in the seat.

 

[cardaway]

I suspect, given the hour and the fact that the fire wasn't a raging inferno, that the guests were more likely moseying out of the hotel, rather than fleeing.

You may be right, but having been there, it's one of the few places I would be moving faster if there was a fire. Unless of course all that woodwork is fake.

 

[Judge Smails]

License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote.

 

[Judge Smails]

LOL!!!!



It's easy to grin when your ship comes in and you've got the stock market beat. But the man worthwhile, is the man who can smile, when his shorts are too tight in the seat.

Do the honors Pookie

 

[cmonroe]

LOL... Love that movie.

 

[Disney1fan2002]

I like this quote:

No one was injured except for a guest who complained of a strained back and another with symptoms of stress, officials said.

Me thinks some people are lining their ducks in a row, getting ready to "talk to a lawyer" just to see what they say.

 

[Beth76]

Me thinks some people are lining their ducks in a row, getting ready to "talk to a lawyer" just to see what they say.

That's exactly what I thought too. Once someone lives through a two-day category 5 hurricane in a third world country, not sure when you'll be able to get home, they can come talk to me about stress.