Did the Hollywood sign burn down? Where did the horrifying video come from and what does the main landmark of Los Angeles look like now

Large-scale wildfires are still raging in Los Angeles, turning everything in their path into ruins and ashes. The fire has destroyed entire neighborhoods in the city, and there are even rumors on the Internet that the famous Hollywood Hills landmark, HOLLYWOOD, has been burned to the ground.

A horrifying video went viral online, which, by the way, has been removed from the author's account, where you can see that the famous inscription is allegedly all in flames. However, as Deadline notes, in fact, all the eerie footage was generated by artificial intelligence.

Los Angeles is indeed in a "fire trap," but the devastating fires, locally known as the Sunset Fire, have not come close to the Hollywood Hills, where the city's main attraction is located. Even at the moment when the flames could not be contained and were rapidly spreading to new areas, only smoke could be seen very far from the HOLLYWOOD sign, indicating that it was not in danger.

The appearance of fake footage on the Internet caused a strong outrage among the residents of the locality. The video started going viral at a time when residents of the Beachwood Canyon neighborhood, located near the main attraction of Los Angeles, were forced to evacuate their homes because they were worried for their lives.

"Stop spreading nonsense, people are losing everything now. The Hollywood sign on fire is fake, stop reposting it."

"A photo with a Hollywood sign on fire has appeared, generated by artificial intelligence. We are all very vulnerable and unprotected now, we don't need fake images that spread quickly."

"Stop spreading fake footage, don't mislead others, we have enough to go through as it is. No, the Hollywood sign is not on fire."

Over time, posts with the "burning" HOLLYWOOD sign on social network X even included the words: "This is fake, the Hollywood sign is fine and is not located close to the fire, which is under control." This phrase was accompanied by a link to a live video broadcast of the city's main attraction, which once again proves that there is no fire there.

By the way, another factor that points to the falsity of the video, which allegedly shows a burning sign in the Hollywood Hills, is the incorrect spelling of the word HOLLYWOOD. In the video, the landmark has three letters "L" instead of two.

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