BREAKING: Fire Reported Near Cinderella Castle in Magic Kingdom, Emergency Vehicles Respond

Update: As of Wednesday, December 15th, everything is back to normal in Magic Kingdom and Cinderella’s Royal Table is operating as usual. As far as we can tell from the outside, Cinderella Castle isn’t visibly damaged.

Not every day in Disney World is a walk in the park.

Sometimes it’s a super foggy morning, or rides close down, or modes of transportation aren’t working, or the Skyliner gondolas crash. Then there are times like today.

As reported by Disney Food Blog, Cinderella’s Royal Table was evacuated tonight and emergency vehicles were dispatched after a fire was reported to Reedy Creek Fire Department. Smoke was reportedly seen under the bridge of Cinderella Castle, according to a video on TikTok from @thepirateadventurer.

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There were fire trucks driving down Main Street, U.S.A., and fire and rescue vehicles stopped in front of Cinderella Castle. Reader @ptolley shared a photo from Magic Kingdom, straight from Main Street, U.S.A.

?Emergency Vehicles have been deployed to Magic Kingdom for reported fire

Photo Credit to: @ptolley__ pic.twitter.com/BLsS4x8MuT

— AllEars.Net (@AllEarsNet) December 15, 2021

And @coastercrew shared this video of fire trucks and emergency vehicles making their way down Main Street, U.S.A.

This is definitely something we have never seen in all our years of visiting The Magic Kingdom… @WDWNT @InsideTheMagic pic.twitter.com/vWR7Cdhzw5

— The Coaster Crew (@Coastercrew) December 14, 2021

Multiple sections of the park have been blocked off, with guests being stopped from heading out of Liberty Square.

As shared by reporter Scott Gustin on Twitter, Disney released a statement on the event. According to Disney, “There was a small fire in Magic Kingdom. The fire was quickly extinguished by fire extinguishers. No one was hurt.”

Gustin updated further that the fire “was put out by a single fire extinguisher.” He went on to update that it happened “in a mulched area near the castle moat.”

Update: The small fire happened in a mulched area near the castle moat. A single fire extinguisher put out the fire.

— Scott Gustin (@ScottGustin) December 15, 2021

UPDATE: According to the Orlando Sentenial, the President of the Reedy Creek Firefighters Association (John Shirey), has shared that “the call initially came into the fire department…as an electrical fire on a junction box outside the castle.” And, when fire personnel first arrived, they “saw a tree on fire next to the structure.”

Additionally, he stated that “fire personnel treated a security guard who inhaled dry chemicals from a fire extinguisher” and a Disney spokesperson also shared that “a cast member was transported from the park for non-emergency treatment.” These were the only reported injuries from the incident.

This story is developing so stay tuned to AllEars for more details and information as we learn more!