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Classic film prints lost in Universal Studios fire
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After the massive fire at Universal Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles County officials are studying whether building codes for movie sets, sound stages and production facilities should be strengthened. (article 6)
Supervisor Zev Yaroslavsky called for county fire officials to examine whether highly combustible sets should be covered by the same building and fire regulations that apply to office and industrial buildings. (article 6)
In addition to the ruined "King Kong" attraction and the burned New York street scapes, the Universal Studios Hollywood fire has claimed another casualty: perhaps hundreds of classic 35-millimeter film prints, the studio said Tuesday. (article 7)
The prints were high-quality copies of decades-old movies, not original masters, which are stored in a Philadelphia vault, the studio said. (article 7)
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 8)
Workers had been using a blowtorch to heat asphalt shingles to apply to the roof early Sunday, said Los Angeles County Fire Chief Michael Freeman. (article 5)
When the gates opened, hundreds of people streamed into the venerable movie studio-theme park, which was closed Sunday after the early morning fire. (article 3)
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Universal, Fire, Studios, streetscape, Firefighters |
Source articles
- Universal Studios theme park reopening (dallasnews.com, 06/02/2008, 448 words)
- Fire torches sets, tape at Universal (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/02/2008, 403 words)
- Tourists return as Universal Studios reopens, still smoldering after spectacular fire (seattletimes.nwsource.com, 06/02/2008, 577 words)
- Universal Studios fire investigated; tours resume - (baltimoresun.com, 06/02/2008, 435 words)
- Officials: Roofers started Universal Studios fire (Washington Post, 06/03/2008, 551 words)
- Los Angeles Times (L.A. Times, 06/05/2008, 455 words)
- Classic film prints lost in Universal Studios fire (L.A. Times, 06/04/2008, 517 words)
- Universal studios fire may cost tens of millions - (baltimoresun.com, 06/04/2008, 395 words)
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