Multiple homes caught fire in Studio City on Wednesday night, with a hillside high-rise building bursting into flames and destroyed.
Firefighters prevented the flames from spreading to a densely populated hillside area above Ventura Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley community. Homeowners described a race to grab what they could when their homes burned.
Firefighters were struggling to extinguish multiple burning structures in Studio City Wednesday night. Julia Deng reports on January 8, 2025 for NBC4 News.
“I heard what sounded like gunshots so I looked outside,” the homeowner told a photographer at the scene. “I saw the fire coming from the house next door. I waited a little while and went outside again…and I said, ‘My house is on fire.'”
“We jumped out with our phones, computers and dogs.”
No injuries were reported. It was not immediately clear how many homes were damaged or destroyed.
The fire in the 3600 block of North Sunswept Drive was brought under control around 10 p.m.
Details about how the fire started were not immediately available.
A wildfire broke out on the south side of the hill Wednesday night, forcing evacuations. A helicopter dropping water drops attacked Sunset Fir, burning about 60 acres near Runyon Canyon.
The evacuation order was lifted Thursday morning. It was not immediately clear how the fire started.
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