Universal fire blamed on work crewBy Robert Niles
A Reuters report cites Los Angeles County Fire officials who are blaming a Universal work crew for the fire that destroyed the King Kong attraction and burned a section of the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot Sunday.Published: June 2, 2008 at 8:03 PM An investigation revealed the fire was touched off by three members of a studio work crew who had been using a blow torch to apply asphalt shingles to the roof of a building facade. From the report, I still wonder what happened between 3 am and 4:45. Anyway, the park reopened today, as promised, as did the Studio Tour, which drove by some of the affected areas.
Readers' OpinionsFrom Brandon Mendoza on June 3, 2008 at 8:46 AM
Accidents do happen, but sadly, with this much property loss someone has to take the blame. The crew will be held accountable for it, and I'm sure they'll have a hard time getting work in the same field. It's not like they can omit that they worked at USH on their resumes. This fire is definitely bad news, but at the very least, no one was killed or critically injured. I'm not into Conspiracy Theories, but I've seen and heard people trying to claim that it's some big wig's idea of publicity to get more attendance while getting rid of old attractions. I think it's absurd. This article has been archived and is no longer accepting comments.
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Sounds completely accidental. Also sounds like there were possibly embers in an area that the work crew couldn't see.