A major fire broke out at Warner Bros. Studios in Los Angeles County after a transformer reportedly blew but it has since been extinguished.
News of the fire broke on Twitter just before 5 p.m. According to NBC Los Angeles, a transformer exploded and firefighters managed to contain the blaze.
A Warner source told the Hollywood Reporter that the fire was an “accident.”
A Twitter user claimed to have heard a “big bang” and that their energy “flickered” before the sky filled with eerie smoke. Others also claimed that the lights were flickering just blocks from the famous studio.
A source told Deadline that the studio lost power and smoke soon began to fill the large property.
The Citizen app has claimed that an electrical fire has broken out, but the fire service has not given an official cause. No injuries were reported.
has contacted the Burbank Fire Department.
A major fire broke out at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank
A transformer exploded and the fire brigade managed to contain the fire
A lone fire truck was seen pulling into the parking lot where a plume of dark smoke was rising into the bright blue sky. According to the deadline, the fire should be contained.
A large plume of black smoke appeared to be coming from one of the studio’s upper floors as it rose high above the studio’s roof.
The fire is just another messy thing for the studio to deal with as it’s currently suffering the writers’ strike.
Several high-profile actors — including Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep and Brenden Fraser — may soon take to the streets as members of the Screen Actors Guild, which is currently negotiating their contract.
The Oscar winners were among a coalition of more than 300 actors who signed the contract to the SAG-AFTRA Executive and Negotiating Committee before the June 30 deadline for a deal 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 the negotiations had been “extremely productive” and that leaders had “focused on all the crucial issues of which They told us they were the most important to you”. reported the outlet.
Drescher added, “We remain strong and will strike a landmark deal.”
The Alliance of Actors said in the response letter that “SAG-AFTRA members may be willing to make sacrifices that leadership does not mean” amid “an unprecedented tipping point in our industry.”
Many in the local area have reported power outages and “flickering” lights
The fire drives up large clouds of black smoke. The fire has since been extinguished
A Twitter user claimed to have heard a “big bang” and that their energy “flickered” before the sky filled with eerie smoke
The actor said that “what might be considered good business in other years just isn’t enough,” as she says there’s a long-running downtrend on the talent side of the business.
“We feel that our wages, our craft, our creative freedom and the power of our union have been eroded over the past decade.” We need to reverse that trajectory.”
Actors who signed the letter, listed 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 and Neil Patrick Harris, Riley Keough, John Leguizamo, Dan Levy, Ron Livingston, Eva Longoria, Natasha Lyonne, Rami Malek,
Other letter signers 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 , Chlöe Sevigny, Fisher Stevens, Ben Stiller, Amber Tamblyn, Marissa Tomei, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Constance Wu.
The actors who signed the letter said that while they are “ready to strike if it comes to it,” they don’t want to because it’s causing “unbelievable hardship for so many and no one wants it.” .