Universal Studios at Universal City, California was partially destroyed by an early morning fire last Sunday. The huge fire broke out at the backlot of the studio destroying a sound stage, movie sets including New York, New England and King Kong streetscapes. The King kong attraction, courthouse from "Back to the Future", and the streetscape from "Spiderman 2 and "Transformers" were destroyed. Around 40,000 to 50,000 videos were also burned but according to the chief operating officer of Universal Studios, nothing irreplaceable was lost. The fire was burning for about 12 hours and around 500 firefighters were battling the blaze. The theme park and the popular City Walk were spared and was open Monday to visitors and they got a fresh view of a real-life disaster in the world of make believe. No reports yet of what caused the fire and it is still under investigation.
photo credit: newsday.com
3 comments:
Hi Sis..Visiting u here..thanks sa comment :)
i saw the news! Felt so bad for them! such huge lost!
i've read the news in the internet. disappointed ako sandali. sigh..
tgif mumsy!
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