The courthouse square made famous in the 1985 Universal Studios film, Back to the Future sadly was destroyed in a massive fire yesterday. Luckily it seems like the clocktower was spared. It would be hard to find someone born in the 70s or early 80s who hasn’t seen this now-classic film starring Michael J. Fox.

From what we can tell here at Songspeak, two things are certain: 1) The fire was not started by a bolt of lightning. 2) The Los Angeles County Fire Department unfortunately does not have any flux capacitors. Kidding aside, luckily no-one was seriously hurt. The fire department had a major water-pressure problem which caused a lot of challenges when battling the blaze. The fire also destroyed sets used in the film King Kong and tv shows like Monk and House. Here’s a couple perspectives regarding the fire:

And here’s the original trailer from Back To The Future:

There’s also all sorts of Back To The Future garb out there:

Tags: 80s movies, back to the future, blaze, clock tower, courthouse square, fire, flux capacitor, hollywood, michael j. fox, universal studios