Fire destroys Hollywood Hills home
September 16, 2009 | 7:09
am
A house in the Hollywood Hills was destroyed today in a fire.
The fire broke out after 6 a.m. on 2027 Sunset Plaza Drive, overlooking the Sunset Strip in an area where the blaze could have spread to the hillsides and neighboring homes. Dozens of firefighters responded.
The fire razed the home but did not damage other structures, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
It's unclear whether anyone was inside the home, and no injuries were reported.
-- Shelby Grad
Photo: The Hollywood Hills home. Credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times
What ever happened to a short sale?
Posted by: Joe | September 16, 2009 at 09:21 AM
You're missing the big story here....
The guy who owned the home was a very prominent attorney working among other cases the Johnson&Johnson Motrin case, and $7-8 million worth of priceless artwork including paintings by John Singer Sargeant (or his contemporaries) and a Faberge egg was lost.
Posted by: Petra | September 16, 2009 at 09:24 AM
The owner claims to have had a "priceless" collection of art and other valuables. He feels the slow response time by L.A.F.D. rather than the L.A.C.F.D. contributed to his property loss. These things should have been either in a museum or in surroundings that had the equivalent protection to a museum to house such valuables. That can't be blamed on either fire department.
Posted by: lawkoza | September 16, 2009 at 09:46 AM
you're missing the other big story here.....who cares.
Posted by: gary | September 16, 2009 at 10:04 AM
Hilarious Comment, "Who Cares"!!!!!!
Posted by: DWana Thomas | September 16, 2009 at 12:24 PM
A Stradivarius was lost in this fire! I care!
Posted by: KS | September 16, 2009 at 01:12 PM
This guy lives at the top of hill that can only be reached by negotiating a long, winding and narrow roadway. The fire department got there in 8 minutes! Was he counting his time spent on hold with "9-1-1"?
Posted by: Elsie353 | September 16, 2009 at 01:40 PM
anybody know how it started?
Posted by: rf | September 16, 2009 at 02:21 PM
so is the art priceless, or worth $7-8 million??
Posted by: Joe | September 16, 2009 at 02:23 PM
I'm confused. Is the art priceless or worth 7-8 million?
Posted by: Joe Johnson | September 16, 2009 at 02:28 PM
Sure seemed to go up in flames awfully quickly for a residential structure fire. I bet the Arson investigators find some suspicious circumstances related to the fires origin. He should have just sold his egg-
Posted by: STEVE-O | September 16, 2009 at 03:30 PM
is that a shake roof?????
Posted by: bertha | September 17, 2009 at 07:03 AM
I have to agree: a stradivarius, a faberge egg, and paintings by Sargent, and also Winslow Homer do NOT belong in a private residence. This guy should get nothing from his insurance company for being such a clown. A stradivarius should be in the hands of Yithzak Perlman, or in professional storage waiting for someone that good. Paintings belong in a museum, which woulld have paid plenty for them. A faberge egg - whatever, a bauble of the rich, but pretty nontheless.
Posted by: Esol Esek | September 18, 2009 at 07:48 PM