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shaun allsop
06-02-2008, 08:15 PM
A fire broke out on the backlot sets at Universal Studios Hollywood very early on Sunday morning.

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The fire spread quickly and consumed a large portion of the backlot area at the studio property/theme park. According to reports, several important structures were a total loss:

• The King Kong segment of the Tram Tour, where a giant Kong attacked the trams. With Orlando's removed for The Mummy and Hollywood's lost this morning, the Kong rides and banana breath are now just a memory.

• A film and TV vault the studios kept, but it's said that all of what was stored in it has duplicates elsewhere.

• At least one total Soundstage, and several sets that were recently used for movies.

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The same area of the studios backlot had a major fire back in 1990 which destroyed the New York sets, but at first appearance this fire seems to have done more damage than the previous one.

CNN Video - Source (http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/01/studio.fire/index.html)
Death_slayer
06-02-2008, 08:21 PM
dont forget that the back to the future clock tower set was one of the sets destroyed(shame):(. they will rebuild them (hopefully), as for the king kong set it will be missed. the bright side now they can build something new for the tram ride
Joeymama101
06-02-2008, 09:40 PM
This is a disaster many original props were destroyed and many whole movie sets were burned.:sadhug:
Squid2
06-03-2008, 12:32 AM
Actually the clocktower survived, but the town square didn't. Universal has said that they intend to rebuild, but what exactly will be rebuilt is unknown.

Squid2
The_Mad_Hadder
06-03-2008, 01:32 AM
I saw that in the newspaper. :(I could see the fire from my house...
Maylene
06-03-2008, 02:02 AM
I heard about it on the radio. :(
TheFreshEffect
06-03-2008, 10:30 AM
What caused it?
Westcot
06-03-2008, 03:15 PM
I was in Orlando when I heard the news. At first, my sister said that there was a fire in the Backlot at Disney World (Hollywood Studios). But then I found out that it was Universal in California.

It's a shame. Hopefully they can rebuild some of it.
thetrooper
06-03-2008, 03:50 PM
What caused it?

A gas cannister caught fire and exploded I think...
sr3d
06-03-2008, 04:28 PM
Well that cleared some space for that coaster they was gonna build =/ (Was there right?) Really sucks though, hope for the people who goes there, that they rebuild some of it.
Westcot
06-03-2008, 05:39 PM
^ Huh? No this is Universal Hollywood. They're building the coaster in Universal Orlando.
DizCoasterMets
06-05-2008, 06:15 PM
How about that for a park setback, can you imagine if RCT3 had that feature?
supermarioman
06-06-2008, 12:12 AM
It's a shame, there's quite a bit of history at the lot.:(
Crowheart
06-06-2008, 09:44 PM
What caused it?

According to the news this morning, an acetylene torch was left on when some welders went on break.
TheFreshEffect
06-07-2008, 10:59 AM
According to the news this morning, an acetylene torch was left on when some welders went on break.

Jesus.
Cedar Point
06-07-2008, 06:48 PM
He's not gonna help ya.

How can someone accidentally leave a torch on? :bulb: