More than 60 people were rescued after a US Ferris wheel erupted in a shower of flames on New Year’s Eve.
The 400-foot ride lost power and began to smoke and spark, leaving 62 people trapped teetering in 20 pods above Icon Park in Orlando, Florida.
Passengers were reportedly stranded for three hours atop the theme park’s attraction, named The Wheel, before they were saved by firefighters. Kimberly Conley, who filmed the incident, said she and her family heard a loud explosion, which ‘sounded like fireworks’. Footage shows smoke billowing as watchers stand nearby, shining a light at a flame above one of the pods.One parkgoer, Randy Pryor, told social media the Ferris wheel was working normally before it started sparking.The fire service had to scale the 400ft ride to rescue passengers
He wrote: ‘Lights were visible in the cars for a short time, then a massive shower of sparks flew from the wheel.Pryor recounted the fire service scaling The Wheel to rescue the trapped riders.
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