When a fast-moving wildfire licked up to the fringes of the sprawling Getty Cent...
- When a fast-moving wildfire licked up to the fringes of the sprawling Getty Center complex on Tuesday, the staff of the Los Angeles museum betrayed no sign of panic, confident that its priceless art was safe and secure within its walls.
Built in 1997 on a hilltop in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, about 13 miles west of downtown, the center describes itself on its website as a “marvel of anti-fire engineering.” Buildings on the center’s campus, which house the J. Paul Getty Museum and other Getty Trust programs, are clad in stone and steel with stone rooftops that keep burning embers from igniting the structures.
The so-called Getty Fire had burned 656 acres as of Tuesday afternoon, destroying eight homes and forcing the evacuation of thousands of residents, including celebrities such as NBA star LeBron James and actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.Getty fire in LA likely caused by tree branch falling on power lines: fire officials
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