rob hayes in l.a.er: the rose parade has a long history of pomp and pageantry, but calamity is a new enstrant this yetrant this year. the chinese american heritage foundation float catching firp. >> we started receiving calls of what spectators thought was special effects and it was a small fire that was quickly extinguish extinguished. >> reporter: several had to evacuate the float. and the parade grinding to a halt. >> several of the bands were able to move around it. some other floats were delayed for several minutes behind it before they could proceed. >> reporter: the good news? no one was hurt and the parade continued after a several minute delay. but a handful of floats were left out of the telecast. the smoking float however making to the post-parade viewing area. >> we had it towed in, it is sitting here and it looks just as good. nothing burned down. and it looks great. >> reporter: as do all the other floats, some 45 of them taking part in this year's rose parade. the post-parade viewing eve