In John Carpenter’s The Fog (1980), vengeance-seeking lepers converge on a lighthouse guarding Antonio Bay. Like you, my thoughts naturally travelled Fogward when I heard about last night’s fire at Seymore Butts’ Lighthouse Talent Agency.
For, doesn’t our involvement in pornography make social lepers of us all?
I talked with Lighthouse agent Rory Zacher.
“I stopped by at about 11 p.m. because we had to fax a test,” he said. “I unlocked the door and the place was filled with smoke.”
Lighthouse is next door to Adult Industry Medical on Ventura Blvd., where the brunt of the HIV tests porn talent uses to clear them for work are administered. In order for the Lighthouse model to be cleared for work the next day, her test needed to be sent to Combat Zone, a company owned by Dion Giarusso.
“The storage closet downstairs was in flames.”
Zacher said that the closet, a common area that was “not really used” by the tenants of the building, is directly underneath Lighthouse. Zacher called 911 and six Woodland Hills Fire Department vehicles showed up.
“It smells like a campfire up here,” Zacher said, “but there’s no damage.
“God really wanted us to save Lighthouse,” he said, pointedly omitting Jesus Christ.
The Fire Department set up fans and foamed the closet, then left. After this, Zacher faxed the talent’s test to Combat Zone.
“Porn goes on,” Zacher said.
Seymore Butts said, “I’m thankful to have such hard-working, dedicated employees, because had Rory not stopped in last night the building would’ve burned down.”
Previously: Peach bites back; Lori Lust conquers media, inbox; Butts taunts Fog
See also: Lighthouse
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