Comments on: Universal Studios Hollywood Suffers Major fire

By: MattEss

MattEss — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 13:15:11 +0000

I hate to be picky, too, but it’s the San Fernando Valley, not “Los Angeles Valley.”

Terrible news. I hope nobody was hurt in the fire.

By: King Kong attraction Video from Christmas at USH 2002 | The Disney Blog

King Kong attraction Video from Christmas at USH 2002 | The Disney Blog — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:21:24 +0000

[...] Back in 2002 Universal Studios Hollywood had the idea to have a Christmas themed event and did up a number of their attractions with a holiday overlay. One of those attractions was the King Kong attraction that was destroyed in the backlot fire today. [...]

By: Ken Pellman

Ken Pellman — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 18:32:44 +0000

Just wanted to add my $.02…

The Universal Studios Hollywood complex is not actually part of Hollywood, which is a “neighborhood” of the City of Los Angeles. The complex is NOT part of the City of Los Angeles proper. It is “unincorporated”, yet has gained the name “Universal City”. Being unincorporated territory, it falls under the direct jurisdiction of the County of Los Angeles government.

That is why the County’s Fire Department is the lead agency on this incident. I remember on the tram tour seeing the County Fire Department station right there on property, numbered the same as the one from the television show “Emergency!”.

There is also a County Department of Public Works (my old stomping grounds) Building & Safety Division office there, and they will no doubt be involved in analyzing the damaged buildings as well as any plans for new buildings.

Furthermore, the police for the complex are the County Sheriff’s deputies.

NBC’s West Coast operations, including the local KNBC-TV Channel 4 (and the Tonight Show, when Conan takes over) will be moving to that area from the City of Burbank, part of the consequence of the NBC-Universal merger.