{"id":232688,"date":"2026-04-15T13:17:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232688\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T13:17:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:17:07","slug":"fire-at-orange-county-convention-center-contained-hours-before-ulta-beauty-world-2026-kickoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/232688\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire at Orange County Convention Center contained hours before Ulta Beauty World 2026 kickoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ORLANDO, Fla.  \u2013 A fire broke out early Wednesday morning at the Orange County Convention Center \u2014 just hours before the kickoff of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ulta.com\/discover\/ultabeautyworld\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.ulta.com\/discover\/ultabeautyworld\">Ulta Beauty World 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The fire was reported at approximately just after 3 a.m. on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to a convention center spokesperson, the fire appears to have originated from a booth in Hall E2. Orange County Fire Rescue responded and contained the fire to the area of origin. No injuries have been reported, and the official cause remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 ewwUYq\">\u201cThe OCCC team is working with its clients to assess the damage and restore the exhibit hall. Event attendees are encouraged to check with their event organizers for any show-specific updates\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Orange County Convention Center spokesperson<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Ulta Beauty World 2026 is a two-day event featuring a Masterclass on Wednesday and an Expo on Thursday. The event is expected to draw over 3,000 attendees. <\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">In January, millions of people waited in a virtual queue for Ulta Beauty World tickets, which sold out in minutes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Despite the early morning incident, all other event operations at the convention center remain active.<\/p>\n<p>Breaking News Alerts<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 kiwhtN\">Get breaking news alerts delivered to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 by WKMG ClickOrlando &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 A fire broke out early Wednesday morning at the Orange County Convention Center \u2014 just&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232689,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1335,27756,139,141,140],"class_list":["post-232688","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-orange-county","tag-orange-county-convention-center","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232688","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232688"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232688\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232688"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232688"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232688"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}