The Hollywood Sign is seen with smoke from multiple wildfires on Jan. 8, 2025 in Hollywood, California. AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images As another wildfire broke out Wednesday night in the ...

The Sunset Fire erupts in the Hollywood Hills on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles California. Fake images shared online claimed that the Hollywood Sign was burning.

A fire that started raging on Jan. 8 seemed for a time like it might endanger the Hollywood Bowl, but that fire, known as the Sunset Fire, damaged 43 acres of land without hitting the Hollywood Bowl.

The images online showing the Hollywood sign on fire are fake and were likely generated using artificial intelligence. As of Jan. 9, the fire had not reached Griffith Park, ...

The Hollywood Sign on fire is a fake, stop reposting it,” wrote one person on X. “Great, there’s an AI-generated photo going on with the Hollywood sign on fire,” someone else wrote.

“The Hollywood sign is (sic) LA is now covered by fire,” text in the image reads. The Threads post received more than 2,000 likes in a day. The image also circulated widely on Instagram and on X .

It said: "The Hollywood sign is not on fire, even though a new fire has started. Numerous news accounts and other pages are sharing fake AI-generated images claiming otherwise.

As another fire began to alight in the Los Angeles area on Wednesday, residents in the Hollywood Hills — as well as onlookers worldwide — feared for the safety of those involved, not to ...

While the sign is indeed located in the Hollywood Hills area of the Santa Monica Mountains atop Mount Lee, the Sunset Fire is currently blazing in the Studio City area of Los Angeles and would ...

The images online showing the Hollywood sign on fire are fake and were likely generated using artificial intelligence. As of Jan. 9, the fire had not reached Griffith Park, ...

AI-generated images falsely show the Hollywood sign on fire. Maps of the Southern California wildfires show the Sunset Fire hasn’t reached Griffith Park. Skip Navigation ...