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Ferris wheel catches fire at amusement park in Thailand

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Ferris wheel at Thailand amusement park on fire
WATCH ABOVE: The ferris wheel is part of a new dinosaur park which recently opened in Thailand. No one was hurt during the fire – Apr 30, 2016

The ferris wheel at a newly opened dinosaur theme park in Bangkok caught fire on Saturday, but the park said no one was on it at the time, and no injuries were reported.

The fire broke out following an afternoon thunderstorm in the Thai capital.

“At the time of the incident, no one was on the ferris wheel,” the park said in a statement on its Facebook page. “As standard protocol, we stopped all operations of the Dino Eye before the rain, which is one of our safety measures for Dinosaur Planet”.

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The statement did not include details on how long it took to extinguish the fire on the ferris wheel, called the Dino Eye. It said the park was investigating the cause of the blaze.

Photographs posted on social media showed fire rising from one of the capsules toward the top of the ferris wheel, as black smoke billowed up.

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Dinosaur Planet has been a popular attraction with residents and tourists since it opened a month ago in central Bangkok.

An empty passenger car of a Ferris wheel burns at a newly opened dinosaur theme park in central Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, April 30, 2016. Shilpa Ko via AP

 

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