The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze ...
To Cronan, though, the Getty’s unassailable features ... water tanks — including a 1 million gallon tank at the Center — year-round. “That’s not a small thing,” Cronan said. When the ...
The Getty Villa, located in the Pacific Palisades ... And we didn’t have enough water to put the fires out and it was ... You know there is only so much you can do.” She added, “Sometimes ...
The villa was built to house Getty's "vast collection" of Classical and Renaissance-era art, the Los Angeles Conservancy said. The villa features the museum's collection of Roman and Greek ...
On Jan. 7, the day the Palisades Fire began, more than a dozen Getty staffers used emergency preparation tactics to help save the Getty Villa from going up in flames. Now, other museums want to know ...
“Fortunately, Getty had made extensive efforts to clear brush from the surrounding area as part of its fire mitigation ...
The Getty Villa, which is already closed to the public on Tuesdays, was “swiftly closed” to non-emergency staff after the fire started in the morning.
The Getty Villa has caught fire in the wind-driven fire burning out of control in Pacific Palisades, according to Los Angeles ...
President and CEO of the Getty Trust said ... and art collection at The Villa “remain safe.” “Additional fire prevention measures in place at the Villa include water storage on-site ...
The Getty Villa, which houses the trust’s educational center, has not been harmed, though there are a few hot spots nearby. The structure has 1 million gallons of water on-site to prevent fires ...