Maleficent: Dragon catches fire during Disneyland show in LA

Crowds enjoying a unrecorded show astatine Disneyland successful California were near stunned connected Saturday nighttime erstwhile a elephantine animatronic dragon caught fire.

Videos online amusement Maleficent, the 45ft (13m) fire-breathing dragon, rapidly being engulfed successful flames, arsenic firefighters effort to power the blaze.

It happened during Fantasmic, a unrecorded show featuring gravity-defying h2o displays, pyrotechnics and Mickey Mouse (usually) redeeming the day.

No-one was injured successful the fire.

At 1 stage, a ample detonation of occurrence shoots retired of the dragon, arsenic the assemblage tin beryllium heard gasping and Disney unit outcry retired to "clear the area".

Due to the heavy smoke, parkland patrons were evacuated from respective adjacent attractions, Disney said successful a statement.

It added that the origin of the occurrence remains nether investigation, and for now, immoderate akin occurrence effects volition beryllium suspended astatine each of its taxable parks astir the satellite "out of an abundance of caution".

This is not the archetypal clip Maleficent has misbehaved - sitting connected a interval during a parade, her caput caught occurrence successful 2018 astatine Disney World successful Florida.

Maleficent is the main villain successful Sleeping Beauty, and turns from "the mistress of each evil" to a dragon to combat Prince Phillip successful Disney's 1959 film.

She was reimagined for a live-action movie successful 2014, and portrayed by Angelina Jolie.