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Officials: Roofers started Universal Studios fire :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation
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A massive blaze that destroyed part of the back lot at Universal Studios was accidentally ignited by workers using a blowtorch on the roof of a movie set building facade, fire officials said. (article 1) Workers had been using the blowtorch early Sunday to heat asphalt shingles to apply to the roof, Los Angeles County Fire Chief Michael Freeman said Monday. (article 1) The theme park reopened Monday, giving tourists a view of the fake streetscape that went up in real flames, and authorities promised to investigate reports that firefighters were hindered by low water pressure. (article 1) The damage has not yet been tallied but will likely exceed the estimated $25 million caused by a fire in 1990 that also destroyed the streetscape and caused minor water damage to the King Kong attraction. (article 4) Neil Young, the rocker who provided some of the soundtrack to Vietnam-era protests, is trying to change the world again with his car. (article 8) The blaze - the second in a little less than two decades - leveled facades, hollowed out buildings and created the kind of catastrophe filmmakers relish in re-creating. (article 5) The blaze also gutted a building housing thousands of videos, but Universal Studios President and Chief Operating Officer Ron Meyer said there were duplicates of everything. (article 3)

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