04-04-2025
Cars catch fire at Disneyland as black smoke bellows from Pixar lot, multiple vehicles damaged
A Toyota RAV4 caught fire inside Disneyland's Pixar Pals parking structure.
Local authorities tell EW they responded to an emergency call at around 9:47 a.m. local time.
As many as 12 cars may be damaged, EW has cars were damaged Friday morning after an SUV caught fire inside Disneyland's Pixar Pals parking structure, local authorities tell Entertainment Weekly.
According to Anaheim Police and Fire Public Information Officer Sgt. Jacob Gallacher, fire crews responded to an emergency call at 9:47 a.m. local time. Upon arrival at the Disney property, they found a Toyota RAV4 ablaze on the fifth floor of the Pixar Pals structure, and the flames spread to an additional three vehicles after that.
Sgt. Gallacher says the fire was "extinguished as quickly as" crews could put water on it, but estimates that between 6-12 cars were damaged in total.
He further tells EW that "nobody was injured," but the structure — as well as the nearby Mickey & Friends parking structure — was temporarily closed to prevent ingress for anyone coming into the park.
Now, Sgt. Gallacher says that portions of the Pixar Pals structure have now reopened, and that the scene was turned back over to Disneyland control at around 12:00 p.m. local time.
Video circulating online shows black smoke billowing from the Pixar Pals parking structure, which is located on Disneyland property, but is not directly connected to the Disneyland theme park or the Disney California Adventure park.
EW has reached out to Disneyland representatives for fire comes days after a fire broke out at the France pavilion inside Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park in Florida, with the March blaze starting near a walk-in cooler in a backstage area not accessible to guests.
Video recorded and shared to TikTok during that incident shows English performer Peter Noone singing on stage at the park's America pavilion while smoke fills the area. The 77-year-old turns toward the blaze and exclaims, "France is on fire!" while the crowd chuckles at the observation, which came amid the park's Flower & Garden festival, an annual highly attended springtime event that draws major crowds to Epcot.
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