A fire broke out at Epcot in Walt Disney World on Saturday afternoon, with videos showing white smoke rising behind the France pavilion. Visitors shared footage on social media, but no injuries were immediately reported. The cause of the fire remains unclear now.
Authored by: Shamik Banerjee
Updated Mar 23, 2025, 05:05 IST
A fire broke out at the Epcot theme park in Walt Disney Resort in Florida’s Bay Lake. (
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A fire broke out at the Epcot theme park at the Walt Disney Resort, in Bay Lake, Florida on Saturday afternoon. Videos of the fire shared by visitors at the park surfaced on social media. As per social media accounts of visitors reporting on the fire, it started behind the France pavilion at the EPCOT theme park. The videos showed massive white-colored smoke rising from the area, visible from nearby areas. It was not immediately clear if anyone was injured in the fire.
One social media user said that the fire broke out during the 6:45 p.m. Herman’s Hermits Garden Rocks set. The user claimed that the fire was extinguished by the end of the concert and the France pavilion was evacuated. However, an official word from Disney and the Orlando Police Department is awaited.
The user shared the update along with more videos from the scene. Here are the videos:
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