FIRE BLACKENS 150 HILLY ACRES TEENS ARRESTED HOLLYWOOD SIGN, STUDIOS BRIEFLY THREATENED BY BLAZE.Byline: RICK COCA and BRENT HOPKINS Staff Writers UNIVERSAL CITY -- Two Illinois teens surrendered Friday after allegedly touching off a wildfire that scorched scorch v. scorched, scorch·ing, scorch·es v.tr. 1. To burn superficially so as to discolor or damage the texture of. See Synonyms at burn1. 2. the tinder-dry hills west of Griffith Park Griffith Park is a large public park at the eastern end of the Santa Monica Mountains. It is situated in the Los Feliz neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. The park covers 4,210 acres (17 km²) of land, making it one of the largest urban parks in North America. and spewed a column of smoke that could be seen for miles. About 300 firefighters and seven water-dropping air units battled the blaze, which spread quickly from five to 150 acres near Barham Boulevard and Forest Lawn Forest Lawn is the name of a number of different places:
At an evening news conference, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa Antonio Ramon Villaraigosa (born Antonio (Tony) Ramon Villar, Jr. on January 23, 1953) is the mayor of Los Angeles, California. He is the first Latino mayor of Los Angeles since Cristobal Aguilar in 1872. said the blaze had been deliberately set. "They've admitted that they started this fire," Villaraigosa said of the 16- and 17-year-old boys, who turned themselves in to Burbank police and were later taken to the LAPD's Hollywood station. No other details about the boys were available. Firefighters responded about 1 p.m. to a call at the Oakwood Toluca Hills Apartment Complex in the 3600 block of North Barham Boulevard. The fire was dangerously close to the facility, known for housing out-of-town actors looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. their big break in Hollywood. "It's something you don't want to see in your backyard, that's for sure," said actor and apartment resident Travis Caldwell, 18. "It was nuts. It started so small and it just raced right up the hill." There were some anxious moments as flames threatened Warner Bros BROS Brothers BROS Benefits and Retirement Operations Section (King County, Washington) BROS Barnes and Richmond Operatic Society (London, UK) . Studios and the landmark Hollywood sign, but no structural damage was reported. One firefighter suffered a minor injury, officials said. Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman Ron Myers said firefighters relied heavily on water-dropping units because of the rough terrain. "It's a steep (area) with heavy brush," Myers said. Officials reiterated concerns about the severe fire danger, with Los Angeles on track to have the driest rainy season on record. rick.coca(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3329 CAPTION(S): 3 photos, map Photo: (1) An city fire helicopter flies over Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills during a wildfire that spread rapidly Friday. No structures were damaged, although Warner Bros. Studios was briefly threatened. (2) L.A. County camp crews battle a wildfire that spread rapidly through the rugged Hollywood Hills on Friday Gene Blevins/ Special to the Daily News (3) Smoke from a wildfire covers the skies above the Hollywood Hills as seen from this vantage point on the Hollywood Freeway just north of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. The sprawling, multi-centered megacity is such that its downtown core is often considered just another district like Hollywood or on Friday. The blaze was centered in the Cahuenga Pass near Universal City. John McCoy/Staff Photographer Map: Fire location |
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