False images of the Hollywood Sign on fire began circulating on social media Wednesday night shortly after the Sunset Fire erupted on Runyon Canyon.

Despite the insistence of several apocalyptic films ("Escape from LA" among them), the Hollywood Sign has never caught fire.

The Sunset Fire in the wooded area of Hollywood Hills began at around 6 p.m. on Wednesday. Here's what to know about the ...

A number of them are claiming to show the iconic Hollywood Sign on fire Wednesday night. Some of them show fire surrounding ...

The sign overlooks Hollywood from Mount Lee, in the Santa Monica Mountains, and is not currently located in an evacuation zone, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.

Social media users have been sharing fake images of the Hollywood sign burning as deadly wildfires raged across Los Angeles, ...

The Sunset fire broke out on Wednesday night in the Hollywood Hills, triggering an evacuation order and putting the Hollywood sign at risk. However, by Thursday morning, a Los Angeles fire ...

The Sunset Fire started as a brush fire in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills amid windstorm conditions. By mid-Thursday morning, ...

As other landmarks have been severely damaged or destroyed by the wildfires in Los Angeles County, AI-generated images and videos appearing to show the iconic Hollywood Sign on fire have ...

California is “becoming uninsurable” as wildfires leave a $50bn (£41bn) trail of destruction in Los Angeles, experts have warned ...