__I know that I am reporting this a little but late but hey I'm a busy boy with a hectic schedule. On the way to work this afternoon I noticed a cloud of dark smoke consuming the top of the Hollywood Hills. Within the few hours it took me to finish filming the smoke had begun to settle among the city and pollute the air. The air was thick with fumes from the flames burning within the hills that was now covered with a dark cloud.
__The flames are slowly spreading and stopping for nothing that comes within it's path. Unfortunately the fire seems to be growing close to the historical Hollywood sign that has stood over our great city for many years. Hopefully our Fire Fighters can extinguish the flames before it gets to that point. Check back for more details.
Flames allegedly ignited by two teens sent smoke seeping into the Warner Bros. studios and towering high in the sky behind the famous Hollywood sign Friday before losing intensity.
The 150-acre blaze started near a corporate housing complex east of Universal City, south of the Warner Bros. studios complex in Burbank.
They have been arrested on suspicion of reckless setting of a fire and released to their parents, said Ron Myers, a fire department spokesman. They could be charged after prosecutors review the case Monday, he said.
For several hours smoke roiled into the sky behind the famous Hollywood sign that stands on the south face of the hills, but the flames made no move down the south face and by late afternoon the landmark appeared to be well out of any danger.
Nonetheless, dozens of people gathered at the foot of the hills to take pictures of the sign and smoke.
'If it burns, we would be losing an icon,' said Russ Mitchell, a Los Angeles resident.
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