Massive fire breaks out at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles
A huge fire has broken out at the Warner Bros.
Studios in Los Angeles County after a reported transformer failure, but that fire has since been extinguished.
News of the fire began spreading on Twitter shortly before 2 p.m. PST (5 p.m. EST). A transformer exploded and the fire brigade managed to contain the fire NBC Los Angeles.
A Warner source told the Hollywood reporter that the fire has been labeled an ‘accident’.
One Twitter user claimed to have heard a “big bang” and that their power “flickered” before the sky began to fill with eerie smoke. Others claimed to have seen the lights flickering blocks away from the famous studio.
A source told deadline the studio’s power went out and soon after, smoke began to fill the large lot.
The resident app claimed an electrical fire broke out, but the fire department has not released an official cause. No one was hurt.
DailyMail.com has contacted the Burbank Fire Department.
On Friday around 2 p.m. PST, a massive fire broke out at the Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank
A transformer blew and the fire brigade managed to contain the fire
A single fire truck was seen pulling onto the site where a dark cloud of smoke rose into the clear blue sky. According to Deadline, the fire is under control.
A large plume of black smoke appeared to be coming from an upper floor in the studio and billowed high above the studio roof.
The plot is home to the famous Warner Brothers water tower, but is no longer used to hold water, having previously been used as an emergency source in the event of a fire.
The fire is one of many Hollywood heavyweights that writers have been facing for weeks.
Several high-profile actors — including Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, and Brenden Fraser — may also soon hit the streets as members of the Screen Actors Guild, which is currently negotiating his contract.
The Oscar winners were among a coalition of more than 300 actors who signed the addressee to the SAG-AFTRA Leadership and Negotiating Committee before the June 30 deadline for a contract with Hollywood studios, Rolling Stone reported.
The letter came in response to a clip released to members by SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher, in which he said negotiations had been “extremely productive” and leaders were “laser-focused on all the critical issues you said they are most important to you’. reported the exhaust.
Drescher added, “We’re standing strong and we’re going to make a groundbreaking deal.
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The alliance of actors said in the reply letter that “SAG-AFTRA members may be willing to make sacrifices that leadership is not” in the midst of “an unprecedented turning point in our industry.”
Many in nearby areas have reported power outages and ‘flickering’ lights
The fire blows large black clouds of smoke into the air. The fire has now been extinguished
A Twitter user claimed to have heard a “big bang” and that their power “flickered” before the sky filled with eerie smoke
The actor said that “what might be considered a good deal in other years just isn’t enough” amid what they say is a long-running downward trend on the business side for talent.
“We feel that our wages, our craft, our creative freedom and the strength of our union have all been undermined in the past decade. We need to reverse those trajectories.”
Actors who signed the letter, in alphabetical order, include Fred Armisen, Kevin Bacon, J. Smith Cameron, Neve Campbell, Glenn Close, Ariana DeBose, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Duchovny, Beanie Feldstein, Chelsea Handler, Neil Patrick Harris, Riley Keough, John Leguizamo, Dan Levy, Ron Livingston, Eva Longoria, Natasha Lyonne, Rami Malek,
Others who signed the letter include Debra Messing, Liam Neeson, Bob Odenkirk, Rosie O’Donnell, Patton Oswalt, Elliot Page, Keke Palmer, Busy Phillips, Amy Poehler, Zachary Quinto, Michael Rapaport, Emmy Rossum, Mark Ruffalo, Amy Schumer , Chloe Sevigny, Fisher Stevens, Ben Stiller, Amber Tamblyn, Marissa Tomei, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Constance Wu.
The actors who signed the letter said that while they were “willing to strike if push came to shove,” they didn’t want to, because it’s “incredible hardship for so many, and no one wants it.”