Set Catches Fire at Pinewood Studios
variety.comK.J. Yossman A fire has broken out at Pinewood Studios in the U.K., reportedly during a shoot for Disney’s live action version of “Snow White.”The film stars “West Side Story’s” Rachel Zegler as the Disney princess and “Wonder Woman” lead Gal Gadot as the Evil Queen.The fire was reported to have broken out on Pinewood’s Richard Attenborough stage, with photographs showing enormous flames next to a mock thatched cottage, with thick smoke all the way up to the ceiling.Photographs taken outside the production facility also showed smoke billowing around the outside of the building.An unnamed source told The Sun that a tree had caught fire. “A set made up of a lot of wood, and trees etc was currently being built in the Richard Attenborough stage,” the source told the newspaper. “Rumor is a piece of set has caught alight and spread across the rest of the set.
Some crew in the studio were shaken but evacuated without injury.” Another witness told the newspaper: “It was just mental. I didn’t see it start but I was told first a tree went up.
By the time I got there the flames were massive, going right up to the ceiling. Then bits of the set started falling into flames and the thatched cottage started lighting up.”Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service confirmed the blaze on Tuesday afternoon, posting at 3.13 p.m.
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