{"id":458063,"date":"2026-10-06T14:58:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/458063\/"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:58:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:58:10","slug":"fire-damages-midway-game-at-state-fair-of-texas-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/458063\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire damages midway game at State Fair of Texas in Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/news\/public-safety\/\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fire<\/a> significantly damaged a midway game at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dallasnews.com\/arts-entertainment\/state-fair\/?utm_source=paid_marketing&amp;utm_medium=google_dsa&amp;utm_campaign=content_acquisition&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23423742462&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADjVYgExr7BR7um0YqV_iIfIcy0Pd&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwuJLWBhD_ARIsAIBcRUynADOitQaIAarn5vB3jv2yZDkjbNfR5eTR7BrVzp2Y7x96mbuk9-kaAi98EALw_wcB\" data-link=\"native\" class=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State Fair of Texas<\/a> on Tuesday morning, but no injuries were reported, Dallas Fire-Rescue said.<\/p>\n<p>At the scene, charred metal framing and collapsed game racks were surrounded by firefighting foam and water. Burned and water-soaked stuffed animals lay amid the debris, while brightly colored prizes still hung from nearby game stands.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters were dispatched to Fair Park about 7:08 a.m. and saw a large column of smoke as they arrived. Crews found a gaming stand on fire and quickly extinguished the flames, according to DFR.<\/p>\n<p>Crews declared the fire out at 7:26 a.m., less than 20 minutes after being dispatched.<\/p>\n<p>DFR identified the damaged stand as a balloon pop game. Firefighters remained at the scene putting out hot spots in stuffed animals and other prizes.<\/p>\n<p>Metal barricades blocked off the damaged area Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Gaming stands were not open for business when the fire broke out.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas Fire-Rescue said investigators believe an electrical short caused the fire.<\/p>\n<p>The State Fair of Texas remained scheduled to open at 10 a.m. Tuesday, with the midway opening at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A fire significantly damaged a midway game at the State Fair of Texas on Tuesday morning, but no&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":458064,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28,86476,88032,87998,89138,95188,88905],"class_list":["post-458063","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-texas-state-fair","tag-tp-dallas-fortworth","tag-tp-dallas","tag-tp-dallas-county","tag-tp-fair-park","tag-tp-mark-cuban"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458063","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458063"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458063\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/458064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}