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This news will leave a hole in the gut of movie and Television fans.
A giant fire broke out at Universal Studios in Los Angeles early this morning, destroying the courthouse square from the Back to the Future movies and damaging the famous clock tower. The King Kong attraction was destroyed, along with over 40,000 videos that were housed in a vault, including footage from I Love Lucy and Miami Vice. Not sure why videos aren’t stored in a fireproof vault, maybe underground or some other safe area, but luckily there are duplicates of the videos in another office.
There have also been a few sets that have been destroyed, including fake New York City and New England street sets that have been used in various Television shows, commercials, and movies. No word on how the fire started but officials say that it has now been contained. One firefighter and two other have been injured (the latter in an explosion at the vault after the fire was out), but the MTV Movie Awards will go on as scheduled tonight.
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