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Iconic Westworld set burns down in California wildfire
Old West-style buildings used in the production of HBO's Westworld, as well as in other shows and movies, have been destroyed by the fast-moving Woolsey Fire now sweeping through Southern California.
The fire ruined buildings at Paramount Ranch, one of the locations used during seasons 1 and 2 of Westworld.
"Westworld is not currently in production, and as the area has been evacuated, we do not yet know the extent of the damage to any structures remaining there," HBO said in a statement. "Most importantly, our thoughts go out to all those affected by these horrible fires."
The official Twitter account of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area shared a photo of the structures as they looked before the fire, with the message, "We are sorry to share the news that the #WoolseyFire has burned Western Town at #ParamountRanch in Agoura."
Westworld was far from the only production to take advantage of the Old West-style buildings and setting for filming. Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman, the 1990s Western drama starring Jane Seymour filmed there, as well as 1968's Herbie The Love Bug, the acclaimed HBO series Carnivale and more were all filmed there.
(Score: 3, Informative) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Monday November 12 2018, @01:15AM
-mp, after saying Trump was cutting off California's forestry funding.
"Of course there will be funding," said this guy.
I think it was the head of the California Firefighter's Association who pointed out that sixty percent of California's forest are owned by the feds, just two by the feds, and one-third by private owners.
I'd be very interested to learn if a postmortem turns up bad forest management on the part of the feds.
However, I expect at least some private owners do not properly maintain their forests. That involves stuff like cutting firebreaks and thinning brush. The laws around that are state laws - have they been enforced?
I was in the Youth Conservation Corps when I was fifteen. Cutting brush is incredibly hard work.
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