Fire burned a toy store and other shops at Adventureland in Iowa Saturday. No one was hurt in the blaze near the front entrance of the park.
The park was closed for the winter, and no one was in it when the blaze started. Park officials think a ceiling collapsed in the toy store, sparking an electrical fire.
An arcade, restaurant and bingo parlor were destroyed. Firefighters had the fire under control by evening, though the blaze was still going. Damage costs were unknown.
No roller coasters were damaged.
Adventureland in Altoona, Iowa, is home to four roller coasters, including the double-looping Dragon and three wooden roller coasters, Outlaw, Underground and Tornado.
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Oh My God!! Thank GOD no roller coasters were damaged!! That would really suck!!
Perhaps someone should look at the structures of the remaining buildings so nothing like this fire can duplicate during the operational year.
Wow that's pretty crazy, I'm pretty sure I've been in those buildings before and it's weird that I won't get to again...but, when they say the park is closed for the season, does that mean the season of winter or the 2010 operating season? They weren't too clear on that....
I appreciate all the concern tugging the heart of the demon poster. :P
I'm glad it is just contained to just buildings. It will probably become a big fence off construction zone now. They can rebuild that like the devastation that occurred at Universal Studios Hollywood two years ago. When I make it to the Upper Midwest DHollon told me to stop at Adventureland so I hope for a speedy recovery.
I bet they will open for the regular season. I read that section didn't have sprinklers or smoke detectors. Generally it sounded like a bingo parlor and a toy store burned.
Wow , glad to hear it was reasonably contained. Any ideal what games were in the arcade.
Park will be open for the 2010 season at the end of April as scheduled.
There are plans already underway to try to get this block of buildings rebuilt before opening day.
I just now heard about this on the 5 am news in Columbus, Ohio. I was about to post that it happened till i seen that it already was.