Firefighters were called to the scene as fire swallowed the 9300-square-foot sheet-metal building, with the fire finally extinguished after 5 a.m. Lin Hwai-min, founder of Cloud Gate, rushed to the site as soon as possible, and stated that all life is change and that Cloud Gate would not be defeated by the incident, continuing with the 121 performances already arranged for the year.
大火吞噬近 260 坪的鐵皮屋排練室，經消防人員搶救後，火勢直到凌晨五點多才熄滅。雲門創辦人林懷民在第一時間趕到現場後表示，人生無常，雲門不會被擊垮，今年已排定的 121 場演出仍將如期推出。