Voyager Bridge Fire

[Adam Holmberg]

I recently read in another post...somewhere...that the Voyager bridge set was damaged by fire sometime in 1998 and had to be repaired/rebuilt. Anyone have any details?

Which episode did the new set premiere in? Did it look any different?

Any details would be appreciated.

 

[Turbo]

I'm not sure what caused the fire, but I believe that it had something to do with the lights being left on too long. I do know that more damage was caused by the sprinklers than the fire itself. The damage wasn't severe, but couldn't be repaired quickly.

It happened during the fifth season, and Bride of Chaotica! was moved up in the shooting schedule, as it only had a couple bridge scenes (which were filmed several weeks later). The first scenes shot on the repaired set were for Gravity (though the scenes for Bride of Chaotica aired first).

If there were any differences, they weren't noticable on screen.

 

[Lonestar]

I seem to remember something about a star field back drop catching fire on another set that set off the bridge sprinklers, that might not have been Voyager though.

 

[Katatak47]

I thought I'd read it was from lights used for an interview with Rick Berman on the set. One of the lights caught fire and caused all the damage. Can't remember if the show was on hiatus at the time of the incident or not.