Just like all good things in Hollywood, there is a sequel. So it is the same with the Hollywood Fire. This one struck in the early afternoon, and by 3pm we could see a lot of smoke over the hills. This one was bigger and better, just like a movie sequel. The smoke covered most of Hollywood, and drifted downtown. It burned all night long, with winds fueling it. We have had dry and 90 degreee plus weather to make everything super dry explosive. In the morning when I got back to work, Hollywood smelled like a BBQ pit amd the fire was still burning. It was amazing, the estimate is that 1/3 of the park, (Griffith Park) where the fire was raging was burned. No homes were burned, and only one person suffered minor burns from the fire. (a golfer at the golf course) Many people were evacuated from homes nearby, and the LA Zoo was closed, but not burned. None of the other buildings near the park were burned either. Needless to say, this was one of the closest fires. This categorizes as the worst fire in LA since 1961 when one of the canyons in Beverly Hills burned. It is pretty much like a park smack in the middle of the city being burned. Imagine Central Park in NY City burning, and you will have some Idea of what is/was going on.
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