The fire called “Sunset Fire” is just one of the fires facing the Los Angeles region and which, in total, have killed five people since Tuesday, January 7. Sunset Fire broke out on the evening of Wednesday, January 8, reports the Los Angeles Times, and, if “the firefighters almost managed to get it under control”, the Hollywood Hills where it spread were particularly devastated.
The city’s daily newspaper relays testimonies from residents. On the night of January 8 to 9, “the air was filled with smoke and water dripped down the sloping streets under the gaze of the crowds who had gathered behind the police barriers to watch the fire recede,” he says.
This area, the beating heart of the American entertainment industry, is also home to many symbolic places, The Hollywood Reporter. “The fire was near Hollywood Boulevard and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. And also iconic tourist sites and destinations in Los Angeles.” The magazine, a reference reading among entertainment professionals, cites in particular the Hollywood Bowl open-air theater.
Oscar nominations postponed
Among the institutions disrupted by the fires in Southern California, one of the most prominent is the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Preparations for the Oscars ceremony, scheduled for March 5, have been affected. “The deadline for nominating the Oscar selections has been extended by two days”, thus reports Variety. Voting will close on January 14, and the announcement of the nominations, initially scheduled for January 17, is postponed until the 19th.
Academy boss Bill Kramer expressed his solidarity in an email cited by this other leading Hollywood magazine:
“Many of our members and industry colleagues live and work in the Los Angeles area – we’re thinking of you.”
A sign of the scale of the upheavals linked to the fires, Vulture devotes a live to the consequences for Hollywood. The cultural site of New York Magazine note as well as studios such as Warner and Universal were affected and had to suspend ongoing television productions.
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