Huge Fire At Universal Studios
Jun 1, 2008 by Vic HoltremanEarly Sunday morning a huge fire broke out at Universal Studios in Hollywood
Early this morning a fire broke out on the Universal Studios backlot which at the time of this post is still blazing. Reports vary but anywhere between 100 & 300 firefighters were called to the scene to battle the fire, which has caused extensive damage to the famous backlot as well as a building housing their King Kong exhibit.
The fire began during a film shoot, but which movie has not been mentioned.
So far one firefighter has been injured but thankfully no deaths have been reported. The word is that so far the studio has suffered extensive damage to the sets on the lot and that a lot of memorabilia has been lost.
If any of our readers live in the area please feel free to update us based on local news below.
Source: FirstShowing.net
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Wow sure hope those Fire Fighters are ok,
I’ve heard that the fire is now under control…..
Music history (Universal) destroyed, including master recordings of Bing Crosby, etc.
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/update-universal-fire-burns-music-history/
heath
Damn.
thats too bad Heath,
I hope the losses dont get worse as we learn more about the actual extent of the damage.
Bad day.
ALL Of the injured have been treated and released.
Great news Gary, I heard they had 400 Fire Fighters on scene today….
That’s alot….! Shows you how valuable the show biz industry is to this town. Eh?
Yes 790,
400 Heroes .
as I was watching this yesterday I kept thinking firefighters are not paid enough.
Major film prints (NOT negatives), including Frankenstein, are gone. Universal is pledging to make new prints.
http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/uni-fire-burned-100-of-archived-35mm-prints-negatives-still-intact-however-but-art-houses-cultural-orgs-film-societies-affected/
heath