The ones that have been raging since Tuesday of this week Fires in Los Angeles have already claimed several victims and caused great damage that cannot yet be fully measured. CNN is currently talking about five deaths, the Tagesschau recently reported that at least 2,000 buildings were destroyed.
Around 130,000 residents, including numerous celebrities, have already been evacuated from their homes and several Hollywood productions are also coming to a standstill in the face of the raging fires.
Fire in California: Production break for The Rookie, NCIS, Grey’s Anatomy and other series
Over a dozen series produced in and around Los Angeles have been canceled due to the fires take a break. The official Film LA release office even revoked all permits for filming in several areas of California. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the following series productions are currently on hold until further notice:
Also shows like The Price Is Right and Jimmy Kimmel Live! are affected by the stop in filming. It is not yet known when production of the series can resume. Trying at the moment 7500 firefighters, to master the situation on site. Even the National Guard is deployed.
It was not until 2023 that operations in Hollywood came to a large-scale standstill. However, not due to force majeure caused by the Consequences of climate change was favored, but because of the labor dispute of the writers and actors of the dream factory. The so-called Hollywood strike ended after 148 days.
Let’s hope the forest fires give way sooner than the studios did back then. However, relief rain is not expected in the Los Angeles area in the coming days.