- Scott Spainhour filmed the incident on his cell phone at Carowinds theme park
- Bumper car suddenly caught fire, though nobody was injured
- Rides resumed soon after a park employee put out the fire
A bumper car at a Charlotte amusement park caught fire as children waiting to get on the electric vehicles looked on – and it was captured on film.
Scott Spainhour recorded the incident on his cell phone on Monday.
The fire erupted at the Carowinds, a theme park located near the border between North and South Carolina.
Spainhour’s video showed children watching the fire from behind a gate.
A bumper car at a Charlotte amusement park caught fire as children waiting to get on the electric vehicles looked on – and it was captured on film
Scott Spainhour recorded the incident on his cell phone on Monday
The fire erupted at the Carowinds, a theme park located near the border between North and South Carolina
As the fire was extinguished by a park employee, clouds of smoke overran that area.
The blanket of smoke covered the children as they waited feet away from where the bumper car caught fire.
Luckily, the driver of the bumper car that caught fire got out of the vehicle before the accident, according to the Charlotte Observer.
Park employees conducted an inspection of the Dog’ems ride and determined that it was safe to resume.
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