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Officials: Roofers started Universal Studios fire :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation
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UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. Workers using a blowtorch on the roof of a movie set building facade at Universal Studios accidentally set a huge fire that swept through the back lot, fire officials said Monday. (article 2) 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) Though some firefighters were still on hand to extinguish hot spots on Monday, Universal Studios re-opened its doors to the public only one day after a massive fire ripped through a back lot and destroyed a soundstage, Hollywood sets and video archives. (article 5) Staffers opened the gates to the Universal City, Calif., movie studio and theme park Monday for a host of tourists, some of whom greeted remaining firefighters on the scene with a round of applause. (article 5) While the cause for the fire has not been determined, officials revealed that low water pressure and a faulty sprinker system were partly to blame for the length of time needed to douse the flames. (article 5) Daryl Jacobs said that as many as three blocks of movie facades as well as the courthouse square set used in the Michael J. Fox movie Back to the Future have been destroyed. (article 9)

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