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Fire Forces Closure of Disney Park
.c The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A smoky electrical fire prevented Epcot at Walt Disney World from opening to visitors Wednesday morning.
There were no injuries in the 3 a.m. fire in an electrical generation building at the popular theme park. The park wasn't open when the fire began.
``From our standpoint, there was lots of smoke, little fire,'' said Assistant Fire Chief Bo Jones.
Dianne Ledder, a Disney World spokeswoman, said electricity was cut to several areas of the resort but was later restored to most areas, except for Epcot. It wasn't immediately known what caused the fire.
``Because we don't have full power we are not opening the park at this time,'' she said. Engineers were trying to restore the power but it wasn't known when Epcot would reopen, Ledder said.
Epcot opened in 1982 as a combination of exhibits on technology and foreign countries. It had 9 million visitors last year.
Fire Forces Closure of Disney Park
.c The Associated Press
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - A smoky electrical fire prevented Epcot at Walt Disney World from opening to visitors Wednesday morning.
There were no injuries in the 3 a.m. fire in an electrical generation building at the popular theme park. The park wasn't open when the fire began.
``From our standpoint, there was lots of smoke, little fire,'' said Assistant Fire Chief Bo Jones.
Dianne Ledder, a Disney World spokeswoman, said electricity was cut to several areas of the resort but was later restored to most areas, except for Epcot. It wasn't immediately known what caused the fire.
``Because we don't have full power we are not opening the park at this time,'' she said. Engineers were trying to restore the power but it wasn't known when Epcot would reopen, Ledder said.
Epcot opened in 1982 as a combination of exhibits on technology and foreign countries. It had 9 million visitors last year.
