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According to unofficial Disney news site Walt Disney World Today, ambulances and firetrucks could be seen on the property from the nearby Monorail

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00:00 Guests staying at Disney World's Polynesian Village Resort
00:03 reportedly had to evacuate the property on Tuesday morning.
00:06 This, according to the unofficial blog,
00:08 Walt Disney World News Today.
00:10 The blog reported a fire alarm
00:11 started going off at the property
00:13 and guests were immediately escorted out of the building.
00:15 The resort, as well as the Polynesian stop
00:17 on the Disney World monorail, were then briefly closed.
00:21 Fox 35 News has since confirmed the evacuation
00:24 was caused by an employee mixing two chemicals
00:26 that created a reaction.
00:28 The fire department said there were no injuries
00:30 in the incident and they eventually cleared the building
00:32 to be reopened to guests.
00:34 A notice on the resort's official website
00:36 says the property is currently undergoing construction
00:39 with plans to build a new Disney Vacation Club
00:41 tower at the site.
00:42 Polynesian Village Resort is one of Disney World's
00:44 original hotels.
00:46 It first opened in 1971,
00:48 along with the nearby Magic Kingdom.
00:50 The resort underwent a makeover and reopened in 2021
00:53 with the Moana theme, a Polynesian princess
00:56 who lives on a fictional island in the South Pacific.
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