Universal Studios on fire...

[Kardan]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7430048.stm

o.O

Thoughts?

[cocaine]

dont worry, james bond will come save everyone - oh wait, he cant :'(

[Hitman]

That's a pretty bad fire! :O Wonder when it'll be extinguished.

[Jay.]

Wow. Cool fire.

[Immenseman]

Oh dear, looks pretty bad.

[Hazza]

omg, thats bad.
Gbye Universal Studios - RIP.

For anyone who is confused about 'Universal Studios' lol, here;
http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/gitm_gallery.html (http://www.universalstudioshollywood.com/gitm_gallery.html)

[Calvin]

Very bad!
Perhaps it might be something to do with the film :o
:P:P:P

[Teyauna.]

I heard about it this morning. I thought it was like some small fire but then I found out it was massive. I was like, whoa.

[bo$$]

That sucks for them. 40,000-50,000 videos/reels destroyed :x
Thank god they had duplicates.
Too bad the back to the future set got destroyed.

[le harry]

Only 3 people injured, lucky.

[JessicaLOL]

how did it start lol?

[Phreedom]

dude ***? I was just there for a week. tuesday and wednesday last week. :S

[luce]

I have berdia but never there but my disney you can tell how massive it is and it will be a big blow to some people not to go!

[e5]

JEEEEEEEEEEEEEESUS that's like wow... :( glad noone has died though. I think, once someone has died, that all hope of putting out the fire and saving more lives is lost because just 1 person dieing is bad enough..

[jesus]

It must be quite upsetting for them (and their insurance companies) to see that! :(

[Meanies]

A huge fire which hit Universal Studios in Los Angeles was probably started accidentally by workers using heating tools on a film set.

The blaze broke out in an are of the studio complex containing exteriors used to resemble a New York City streetscapeIt reduced a two-city-block area of the lot to ashes and burned through much of the adjacent famous Courthouse Square set which film fans will recognise from Back to the Future and To Kill a Mockingbird.

A popular King Kong attraction featured in the Universal Studios Theme Park tram tour was also destroyed along with a warehouse where thousands of copies of archived TV shows and films were stored.

Studio officials said all of the material lost in the video vault could be replaced.

Los Angeles County Fire Chief P. Michael Freeman said an investigation revealed the fire was accidentally started by three members of a studio work crew who had been using a blow torch to apply asphalt shingles to the roof of a building facade.

They finished their work at about 3am on Sunday morning and stood watch for an hour, according to company policy.

Seeing no signs of a fire, they left the scene for a break, but a security guard in the vicinity noticed flames about 45 minutes later and called the fire department.

The fire, which burned for about 18 hours, forced authorities to close the theme park for the day but it has

Had to be a blowtorch didn't it :rolleyes:

[Neversoft]

dont worry, james bond will come save everyone - oh wait, he cant :'(

Bond is MGM, not Universal.

[Monopoly]

That's a shame.
I hat4e fires aha.

[Javascrypt]

Gutted,
No more movies!
But dupes are made.