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Fire burns at Universal Studios Several soundstages destroyed; film vault threatened
By Carl DiOrio
June 1, 2008, 11:05 AM
The fire burns Sunday morning at Universal with film sets in the foreground. (Reuters photo)
Firefighters were battling a nasty fire on the Universal lot Sunday morning.
The blaze started on the studio’s huge back lot and quickly burned through Uni’s New York Street. There were no immediate reports of injuries, but a Uni film vault was threatened and several soundstages were believed destroyed or damaged.
Burbank firefighter David Ortiz said that about 200 firefighters and two helicopters had been deployed to assist the Los Angeles County Fire Department.Firefighters thought they had the fire contained, and the nearby Universal Studios Hollywood theme park and Universal CityWalk were not believed to be under any immediate threat.
Thick black plumes of smoke continued to pour from the site, but fire officials said there was no immediate threat of the blaze’s spreading to the brush-covered hillsides surrounding the lot.