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edwardrmurrow

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from the AP
Fire Guts 'Batman' Mansion
October 06, 2005 12:01 PM EDT

PASADENA, Calif. - Stately Wayne Manor is no longer. A Wednesday night fire gutted a Tudor style mansion that served as the home of Bruce Wayne, aka Batman, in the 1960's "Batman" television series, said Lisa Derderian, a spokeswoman for the Pasadena Fire Department. It was being remodeled by the owners, she said.

"It was a fully engulfed inferno, for lack of a better term," Derderian said. TV footage showed flames leaping high into the night sky.

Sixty to 70 firefighters worked hard to prevent embers from igniting brush behind the home, which is in the city's Arroyo district, Derderian said. A police helicopter hovered above the site to search for flare-ups, she said.

"There's a very large brush area behind that residence," Derderian said. "It had the potential to turn into a very volatile event if any wind conditions were prevalent."

Fire crews from Pasadena, Burbank, Glendale and the city and county of Los Angeles were on scene, she said.

The home on South San Rafael Avenue was 16,000 square feet and sat on 5 acres of land, according to an article this week in the Los Angeles Times.
 
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Follow-up courtesy of Rueters:


LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Tudor style mansion in Pasadena that was used for a number of movie shoots has been destroyed by fire but the house nearby where the 1960s "Batman" TV series was shot escaped damage, fire officials said on Thursday.

Early news reports said the house that burned down on Wednesday night was the historic mansion on S. San Rafael Avenue, Pasadena, 15 miles north-east of downtown Los Angeles, that served as the "Wayne Manor" of Batman TV series fame. That house was reported to have been bought by former Beatle Paul McCartney in 2005.

But the 16,000 sq foot (1,500 sq meter) home that caught fire was actually further down the street. Some scenes from "Rocky V" and the Peter Sellers movie "Being There" were reportedly shot there. The owners were not at home when the fire started and the cause is unknown.
 
Re: OFF-Topic Re: message to The Batman;"Don't call F.E.M.A

> Follow-up courtesy of Rueters:
>
>
> LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Tudor style mansion in Pasadena
> that was used for a number of movie shoots has been
> destroyed by fire but the house nearby where the 1960s
> "Batman" TV series was shot escaped damage, fire officials
> said on Thursday.
>
> Early news reports said the house that burned down on
> Wednesday night was the historic mansion on S. San Rafael
> Avenue, Pasadena, 15 miles north-east of downtown Los
> Angeles, that served as the "Wayne Manor" of Batman TV
> series fame. That house was reported to have been bought by
> former Beatle Paul McCartney in 2005.
>
> But the 16,000 sq foot (1,500 sq meter) home that caught
> fire was actually further down the street. Some scenes from
> "Rocky V" and the Peter Sellers movie "Being There" were
> reportedly shot there. The owners were not at home when the
> fire started and the cause is unknown.
>
The Batman can now breathe a sigh of relief:) Thanks Alan
 
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