Updated: A fire that broke out Friday after a transformer blew on the lot of the Warner Bros studio in Burbank has been put out.
Burbank Fire Department Battalion Chief Dave Burke told Deadline it was a transformer fire and it’s out. The first call came at 1:38 p.m. Pt, and the fire was knocked down within 30 minutes. There was no damage to buildings and no injuries reported.
Sources told Deadline that power had gone out, and there are images of dark smoke emanating from the lot.
A Wbd spokesperson told Deadline that they’re sending all staff home – admittedly most staff are off as a result of summer Fridays – out of caution. The spokesperson said that they are launching an investigation, but the fire is thought to have started after a transmitter blew. It was localized on one of the far ends of the lot, ironically near its own fire station,...
Burbank Fire Department Battalion Chief Dave Burke told Deadline it was a transformer fire and it’s out. The first call came at 1:38 p.m. Pt, and the fire was knocked down within 30 minutes. There was no damage to buildings and no injuries reported.
Sources told Deadline that power had gone out, and there are images of dark smoke emanating from the lot.
A Wbd spokesperson told Deadline that they’re sending all staff home – admittedly most staff are off as a result of summer Fridays – out of caution. The spokesperson said that they are launching an investigation, but the fire is thought to have started after a transmitter blew. It was localized on one of the far ends of the lot, ironically near its own fire station,...
- 6/30/2023
- by Peter White, Denise Petski and Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
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