The Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum was consumed by the fire, along with an arcade, haunted house, and souvenir shop. The blaze was fortunately stopped before it could consume the adjacent 32-story Gatlinburg Space Needle. The block, known to the locals as “Rebel Corner”, was completely rebuilt and reopened to visitors in 1995. Few artifacts from the Ripley’s Museum were salvaged. Ripley’s has caught fire twice since its reopening, once in 2000, and again in 2003. Both of those fires were caused by faulty light fixtures as well. The 2000 fire caused no damage and the 2003 fire was contained and caused minimal
The Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Museum was consumed by the fire, along with an arcade, haunted house, and souvenir shop. The blaze was fortunately stopped before it could consume the adjacent 32-story Gatlinburg Space Needle. The block, known to the locals as “Rebel Corner”, was completely rebuilt and reopened to visitors in 1995. Few artifacts from the Ripley’s Museum were salvaged. Ripley’s has caught fire twice since its reopening, once in 2000, and again in 2003. Both of those fires were caused by faulty light fixtures as well. The 2000 fire caused no damage and the 2003 fire was contained and caused minimal