A fire rages out of control at the backlot filled with movie sets at Universal Studios in Universal City, California 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles June 1, 2008. Hundreds of firefighters are battling a large blaze that broke out on Sunday on a back lot at Universal Studios, site of movie and television production, a spokesman for a neighboring fire department said.

A fire rages out of control at the backlot filled with movie sets at Universal Studios in Universal City, California, 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles June 1, 2008.

The King Kong attraction on the Universal Studios Hollywood backlot tour is shown in this undated publicity photo. A fire rages out of control at the backlot filled with movie sets at Universal Studios in Universal City, California June 1, 2008, 12 miles from downtown Los Angeles. It is believed that the King Kong attraction was destroyed.

LOS ANGELES, June 1 (Xinhua) -- A massive fire at Universal Studios Sunday destroyed much of the New York City streetscape and other movie sets, causing tens of millions of dollars worth of damage, but no injuries were immediately reported.

Four hours after the fire was reported in a sound stage early in the morning in the studio-theme park northwest of downtown Los Angeles, firefighters said flames were continuing to leap from a large warehouse in the facility.