Famed 'Morrison Hotel' building goes up in flames in L.A.

It took over 100 firefighters more than an hour and a half to contain a fire at a historic downtown Los Angeles building in an incident that officials declared a "Major Emergency." Dec. 26, 2024.

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[destinyreturns]

Gee, I wonder how this happened. Said no one.

[christophermunoz]

That spot will be a new high rise condo

[lourdesecheverria]

How convenient. Finally the land owner can collect on the insurance and rich developers can make a TON OF MONEY!!!! I notice a lot of "FIRES" lately!!!

[TapNewo]

there is a solid connection between homelessness and arson/accidental fires in downtown... but many fires do not make the news

[BarrierIsland]

Jim Morrison was born on Dec. 8th in Melbourne, Fl. His Father was a Navy Admiral. Most of his life was spent in the LA area...

[Micheal_Cheritto]

Amother Insurance job, damm that recession must be near.

[mattr]

Mind blowing how they don’t make the connection between an abandoned building in downtown LA, the 25000+ homeless living there, and the December evening/night time temperatures.

[wm]

Way to go Karen Bass. Terrible Mayor !!

[mosriteminioncause]

"The mansion is warm, at the top of the hill
Rich are the rooms and the comforts there
Red are the arms of luxuriant chairs
And you won't know a thing 'till you get Morrison/The Doors)

[phillipgonzales]

Nothing stays in LA there is so little of LA’s history left all that beautiful architecture is gone 😢

[DavidLee-gr]

The doors were told no .they cant take a photo. They sneaked back in and went ahead

[YTPartyTonight]

There could hardly be better parodies of local TV news talking heads than these two.

[celebrityrog]

Insurance payout for a vacant lot pays more than a hotel that's condemned.

[maryalvarez]

That was deliberate so Insurance payoff and then owner will rebuild or sell"

[FrankGallagherr]

Who else wants to see Newsom gone for good, recalled, never seen again, investigated, prosecuted and imprisoned??

[rickg]

Loved watching Annie and Carlos working together, I think they make a great team.

[pg]

Always wondered if it was the inspiration for Roadhouse Blues.

[johnaltobello]

A different media Said it was affordable housing..not vacant..

[Robdog-wf]

Be sure to thank Newsom for this. His policies have destroyed this once great state, led to a massive rise in homelessness, and by extension drug use and crime. Bring back the asylums of the 50's and 60's, get rid of Newsom, and get someone competent to turn this state around and we wouldn't have things like this happening.

[RatfromNadeaust]

Owner knew there was homless there. They wanted this to happened now it will sell, and make room for apartments