Corn dog stand goes up in flames at Adventureland

Posted | Contributed by Jeff

Altoona fire officials are looking for the cause of a blaze early today that destroyed a building at Adventureland. A cause of the fire could not immediately be determined. A fire official said the corn dog restaurant was fully involved in flames when firefighters arrived.

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Fun's avatar

Oh the humanity!

There's always money in the corn dog stand...


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Wasn't there a fire at Adventureland during the off-season a few years ago as well?


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James Whitmore's avatar

If I didn't know better, I would say Adventureland was competing with Cedar Point for the number of fires.


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Raven-Phile's avatar

Flyer Addict Chris said:
There's always money in the corn dog stand...

+1

Jerry's avatar

Maybe they were experimenting with Jalepeno Dogs or Pepper Jack Cheese on a stick, and it got too hot.

Acoustic Viscosity's avatar

Yes, a few of the Mainstreet area buildings were lost two winters ago due to an electrical fire.

The corn dog stand in question *was* right in the center of the park between the log flume and the bumper cars. For anyone concerned, this was not the big pig food stand. :)


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I'd like to add another +1 to Raven-Phile's for Chris's Arrested Development joke.


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I never watched Arrested Development. Can someone enlighten me? I saw that one of the commenters on the paper's website used that same quote about "money in the corn dog stand."


The amusement park rises bold and stark..kids are huddled on the beach in a mist

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Vater's avatar

Never watched it, either, but a quick Google search found me to this.

Spend the $9 or whatever it is for a month of Netflix, and watch the entire run of Arrested Development. Worth every penny, in my opinion.


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kpjb's avatar

On the bright side, this fire probably smelled GREAT!


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I particularly like this line:

"...was fully involved in flames"

Not sure "involved" was the right choice of words. But it appears to be a quote and was published in a newsapaper. I wonder if someone's SpellCheck suggested "involved" for "engulfed"....

But what do I know?..I'm just an English major who likes rollie coasters.


The amusement park rises bold and stark..kids are huddled on the beach in a mist

http://support.gktw.org/site/TR/CoastingForKids/General?px=1248054&...fr_id=1372

Jason Hammond's avatar

I wondered the same thing as I am in Fire Protection and have always said engulfed. However, I spoke with someone in the office about it and apparently both terms are acceptable.


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No Gravy was destroyed. It shouldn't matter :)

Chalk up another victim for the Cornballer -- still banned in Mexico!

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