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Through a combination of the internets, local news broadcasts, and e-mails from friends reassuring you that they have not been burned to death while stubbornly trying to finishing up the day's work while their Warner Bros. lot cube was consumed by flame, you are all probably aware that while it's very cool looking and makes for wonderfully easy jokes about God's divine retribution against those responsible for an abomination like Wild Hogs, the Great Burbank Fire seems to be posing no danger to showbiz interests. And no, the Hollywood sign is not actually smoldering—that's just an illusion conjured by a potent combination of perspective and your deep-seated resentment towards the industry that enslaves you.

A smattering of reactions from operatives and some new, pretty photos follow:

· "All of us at the Universal lot are driving around with the golf carts to investigate. Crazy amounts of smoke, tons of helicopters and fire trucks. Frightened tourists on the tram tour. Please don't include my name so that my boss won't know I'm totally not working right now!"

· "Warners Will Burn Down!!!! - Due to the REAPING premiere last night...pissing god off...now we have fire! Plague #11, burn down studio which did movies on Plague's #1 - 10.... "

· "WB is STILL making TV and movies on the lot even as a brush fire licks at Gate 7. The lesson here is:

1) WB is not going to be intimidated by some flaming danger that's circling their back gate
2) Over at Universal, some tour guide is taking that burning bush example for The 10 commandments section of the tour a little too seriously."

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