Fire in DL Hotel lobby?

**WishUponAStar** · 12-28-2005

Oh my gosh, I just saw a quick news clip that one's of DL Resort's hotel lobbys had a fire?!? It said nobody got hurt but apparantly one of the big holiday trees caught fire. From what I caught from the clip I couldn't even make out which lobby it was b/c it was so fast and so smokey. They just showed a shell of a tree.

Anyone know anything more?

ingamba · 12-28-2005

Looks like it was the Grand Californian

http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=4293108

DayDreamer · 12-28-2005

Oh wow it looks like it wasn't too bad, I hope it didn't ruin anyone's trip.

**WishUponAStar** · 12-28-2005

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Originally Posted by DayDreamer

Oh wow it looks like it wasn't too bad, I hope it didn't ruin anyone's trip.

I am sure Disney took care of everyone.

That sure as heck would have scared me at 3am!!!! We don't have anyone there now do we? I can't think of anyone.

tigger · 12-28-2005

Uggg nothing like a Christmas tree wanting to become a yull log to spoil a rest full night sleep.

Erin · 12-28-2005

I'm glad it wasn't too bad, but it would of been scary, anyway!!!

and, it would of woken me before 9, and that's not coo'

Disneyguru · 12-28-2005

Wow how scary.. Thankfully no one got hurt

Andrea · 12-28-2005

The radio report just said "minor injuries".

Which I skeptically translate as people mentioning things "just in case".

The Goof Father · 12-28-2005

That tree was the best of all of the hotel trees too!

That whole lobby area is just beautiful! I sure hope it will be cleaned up just fine and quick...

Cosmicwaves · 12-28-2005

That's scary! I'm glad no one was hurt...aside from the tree.

Peppertink · 12-28-2005

Just saw pictures of the Grand Cal. lobby....doesn't look like it has too much damage.
So grateful that no one was hurt seriously!

Princess Tessa · 12-29-2005

that sure would be a trip to remember! I feel for the workers at 3am :S

DisneyHog6 · 12-29-2005

I saw a small clip of the lobby on the news last night. It's gonna be quite a cleanup. The clip I saw, you could see the overhead sprinkler system just pouring water down, it looked like it was raining in there... I'm sure most everything in the lobby is ruined. The news said that some workers were changing some bulbs on the tree and when they turned the tree back on the wires caught fire... I'm glad noone was hurt...

Experiment6-2-6 · 12-29-2005

Wow. I would have been there, but for Hawaiian Airlines..

ANAHEIM, Calif. - A 35-foot Christmas tree caught fire early Wednesday in the lobby of the Disneyland Grand Californian Hotel, forcing the evacuation of more than 2,000 guests, officials said. 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 3 a.m. 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 center 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 7 a.m., Sabol said.

Lee Crice, a guest from Phoenix, told KTLA-TV he was awakened by an alarm and saw the top of the tree was ablaze as he fled through the lobby.

Kippage · 12-29-2005

Quick - how many Disney Land employees does it take to change a light bulb... without starting a fire?

Hahaha!!

I'm obviously dying of boredom over here...

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