Disneyland’s fire-breathing Maleficent dragon burst into flames mid-show

Marie, 23, couldn’t wait to watch “Fantasmic!” for the first time. But those hopes quickly went up in flames — literally.

Mickey Mouse, dressed in a red cloak and sorcerer’s hat, was in the midst of conjuring a kaleidoscope of lights, water and fog to defeat an evil 45-foot-tall mechanic dragon. The talking mouse defiantly declared “This is my dream!” when the fire-breathing beast suddenly burst into flames. “I just remember looking up at Maleficent and thinking, ‘That’s not right,’” Marie said. “Like, it’s the cool part of the show, but that just doesn’t look right. And then I went, ‘Oh, nope, that’s definitely on fire and it’s not intended.”

Mickey slowly made his way out of the amphitheater, prompting Marie to do the same: “I took a good look at the dragon and I went, ‘Well, if Mickey’s leaving, I think I’m going to, too.’”What caused the fire at approximately 11 p.m. local time “remains under investigation,” Disney said in a statement. A spokesperson for Anaheim Fire and Rescue, which responded to the incident, said at least six Disneyland employees were treated for smoke inhalation, but no one was seriously harmed.

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