Explosion at EPCOT

[CoasterMatt]

Well - now I feel stupid...

I of all people should have known this -

What happened was really a non event
After each performance (usually several hours after the park is closed), a "burnoff" is performed of the inferno barge.
In this instance, for whatever circumstance, the burnoff was performed the next day, when people were around to hear/see it, but it wasn't anything to cause harm.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by CoasterMatt

Well - now I feel stupid...

I of all people should have known this -

What happened was really a non event
After each performance (usually several hours after the park is closed), a "burnoff" is performed of the inferno barge.
In this instance, for whatever circumstance, the burnoff was performed the next day, when people were around to hear/see it, but it wasn't anything to cause harm.

Do you have definite proof of this? Lost Boy's post seems to call the "burnoff" theory into question.