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A massive animatronic dinosaur caught fire at a Kansas theme park<\/a> after being struck by lightning over the weekend.<\/p>\n

Fire crews in Derby, Kansas, responded around 8:30 p.m. Saturday to reports of a lightning strike and a dinosaur on fire at the park, named Field Station: Dinosaurs, according to a Facebook post from the Derby Fire Department.<\/p>\n

When crews arrived, they found flames coming from a Sauroposeidon replica<\/a>, a 100-foot-long animatronic that weighs nearly 60 tons and is one of the park\u2019s largest attractions.<\/p>\n

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Guy Gazelle, executive producer at Field Station: Dinosaurs, told Fox News Digital in an interview that witnesses nearby saw the lightning strike the structure.<\/p>\n

“People on the ground actually saw the lightning bolt,” Gazelle said.<\/p>\n

Crews from nearby agencies assisted in putting out the fire<\/a>, which was ultimately extinguished without further damage to the park.<\/p>\n

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The park was closed at the time and no injuries were reported, Gazelle added.<\/p>\n

In the Facebook post, the fire department joked about the unusual call, saying, “This is the first dinosaur fire Derby has experienced in 65 million years.”<\/p>\n

The destroyed animatronic cannot be salvaged. It was reduced to its steel frame after the fire burned away its outer layers and internal mechanisms.<\/p>\n

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“All of the motors and the mechanisms got burned, and 100% of the skin was burned off the dinosaur,” Gazelle said.<\/p>\n

He added that the structure had been damaged in a recent windstorm<\/a> and had just been repaired.<\/p>\n

“We just fixed it, and we were waiting to paint it, and then it got struck by lightning,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Despite the damage, the park reopened<\/a> the following day. It still has dozens of other dinosaurs on display, it said.<\/p>\n

For now, the park plans to turn the remains into an educational display, allowing visitors to see how the animatronic was built.<\/p>\n

“We\u2019ll have a frame there that people can look at, which is something most people never get to see,” Gazelle said.<\/p>\n

Field Station: Dinosaurs is a 10-acre outdoor attraction<\/a> featuring more than 40 life-sized animatronic dinosaurs, along with walking trails, live shows and interactive exhibits.<\/p>\n

Gazelle said the park was fortunate the fire did not spread.<\/p>\n

“The dinosaurs are not particularly close to each other, so it didn\u2019t spread,” he said. “We were very lucky.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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