A float in the Paint the Night parade sent smoke billowing throughout Main Street U.S.A. at the Anaheim, Calif. park on Wednesday, Sept. 10
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- A Disneyland float reportedly caught fire during the Paint the Night parade on Wednesday night
- Eyewitness Jessica Fain spoke to PEOPLE and described the scene at the Anaheim, Calif. theme park
- “I was very impressed about how the Cast Members handled the situation,” she says
A Disneyland guest is describing the moment a parade float reportedly caught fire and sent smoke billowing out across Main Street, U.S.A.
Atlanta resident Jessica Fain and her husband were visiting Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, Calif. on Wednesday, Sept. 10. In the evening, Fain stood at the end of Main Street waiting for the Paint the Night parade to begin around 8:30 p.m. Her husband, however, was at the back of the park riding various attractions.
Fain recalls watching the parade as it began to ‘stall’ and a large gap formed in between the floats. After trying to determine what the hold up could be, she says she saw the “Under the Sea” — The Little Mermaid float being pulled by a tractor-like vehicle.
“There were no lights on, so we figured the lights had gone out or something,” Fain tells PEOPLE of the highly decorated float. “Then all of the sudden, there was smoke everywhere and you saw the guy driving the tractor with the float jump out and he ran around with a fire extinguisher.”…