A sad story coming out of California yesterday, a large fire took place on a back lot of Universal Studios, destroying items from Back to the Future and King Kong, plus over 40,000 videos housed in a warehouse.
The fire broke out very early Sunday morning on Universal’s 400-acre back lot, destroying 40,000-50,000 videos, which luckily are all backed up somewhere else. The videos contained very film Universal has ever done, plus some older television series.
The real tragedy is the loss of the courthouse square from Back to the Future, including the Clock Tower that was stuck at 10:04 p.m. in the film.
Slashfilm is reporting that the Clock Tower from Back to the Future was actually NOT burned in the fire and is just fine, despite reports from Sunday stating otherwise. Although, I had no idea that it is not the original set from the movies, it was built after the sequels from blueprints. The surrounding areas of the courthouse square still had some damage.
The King Kong exhibit is actually a stop on the Universal Tour, so that will be skipped for the time being.
No one was hurt, although three firefighters suffered minor injuries.
I heard it started by people who were “misusing” blowtorches. Is that true?
No, it turns out it was the roofers were working and using blow torches to heat the tiles on the roof. They left at 3am and the fire broke out at 4:40am. The roofers are supposed to stay 1 hour after heating the tiles in case of a fire. Oops…..
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