Due to a fire at a New Brunswick casino, Whoopi Goldberg was forced to shut the show down early. The fire occurred on Goldberg’s tour bus.
The vehicle was of course parked outside of the casino. Sources say the fire must have been an electrical fire due to the fact that the fire started once the driver started the bus. General Manager Craig DeMarta said,
“The bus driver came out and you know, he tried to put it out with fire extinguishers. And I had some security which saw what was going on and they brought additional fire extinguishers and called the fire department.”
A audience member of the show claims that she was smelling something smoke related towards the end of Goldberg’s show. People started to head towards the door in a calm manner. No one panicked. (Thank God)
Of course there were audience members who complained but saying that the theater asked people to evacuate too slow. I mean I’m sure they didn’t want people to panic about a fire that was not in the building, but of course you can’t please everyone.
DeMarta says that the casino has a “state of the art smoke and carbon monoxide meters.”
No one was in danger and thank God no one was hurt due to this fire!
Source: CBC
