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Lighting Strike Causes Animatronic Dinosaurs To Go Extinct

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A 100-foot animatronic dinosaur in suburban Wichita, Kansas, caught fire after a lightning strike on April 25. Video captured by the Derby Fire Department shows the massive sauroposeidon engulfed in flames at Field Station: Dinosaurs. The nearly 60-ton model which is one of the park’s largest, was extinguished by the fire crew.

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