The Getty Villa activated its emergency operations center at 10:40 a.m. Tuesday, and within two hours, the fast-moving blaze ...

Getty’s Emergency Planning Specialist Les Borsay arrived at the Getty Villa in Malibu. “This was not normally a day I would ...

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 fast-moving wildfire has so far burned vegetation at the Pacific Palisades museum but not the building.

Amid the devastating and fast-moving fire in Pacific Palisades, the grounds of the Getty Villa have caught fire, the museum confirmed Tuesday. Fire officials said that trees and brush were ablaze and ...

the Getty — with its more than $8 billion endowment — has emerged as a beacon of fire preparedness as well as a symbol of the defenses that wealth can build. From its grounds to the museum’s ...

Aerial footage and images showed the fast-growing fire approaching the world-renowned Getty Villa museum, which is closed to the public on Tuesdays. The villa site was quickly closed to non ...

“Fortunately, Getty had made extensive efforts to clear brush from the surrounding area as part of its fire mitigation ...

The museum has also described itself as “the safest place for art during a fire,” detailing in a 2019 article the anti-fire engineering of the Getty Center, which opened in 1997. Late Saturday ...

Getty Villa had additional water storage on-site which security staff were able to use to extinguish the flames. It took just six minutes. Even if the fire had breached the grounds, the museum is ...

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The Getty Villa remained standing as fires razed homes around it. Getty staff have been doing simple yard work all year that homeowners should follow.