Actor 67 year old Nick Nolte narowly escaped a fire that burned his Malibu home to the ground yesterday The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department says the actor slightly cut his hand when he jumped out a window.

Nick Nolte Escapes Fire

Nolte was rumored to be Smoking Weed in the living room when the fire erupted, although they are calling it an Electrical Fire (Yeah Right!).

The fire is said to have caused about $3 million in total damage, half of it structural damage and half damage to the contents of the home, including “collectibles, artwork, the furniture, and some damn fine Weed!”

Nolte’s latest film is “Tropic Thunder” with Ben Stiller, Jack Black and Robert Downey Jr.

Associated Press has reported…

UNIVERSAL CITY, Calif. (AP) – June 1, 2008 — A Los Angeles fire official says a large fire is burning on a lot at Universal Studios.

Los Angeles fire Capt. Frank Reynoso says the blaze was reported just before dawn Sunday on a sound stage on a back lot. There are no immediate reports of injuries.

Reynoso says filming could have been going on at the time and that there has been at least one explosion. He says the fire is contained to the back lot, and firefighters are working to ensure the flames don’t spread to nearby brush.

LA City Fire Department, said that although the fire is under LA County jurisdiction, they have sent roughly 40 companies to try and contain the blaze, about 100 city and county firefighters are helping studio firefighters tackle the blaze. The fire started around 5:00 AM PST.

Could Arson have been possible, fire investigators are on the scene!

The plot thickens as Shaniqua Tompkins is Burned Out of the house owned by 50 Cent. After announcing a Lawsuit against the Rapper, Tompkins house is burned down.

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The ex-girlfriend and 10-year-old son Marquise were rescued from an inflammed Long Island home early Friday. Six people are hospitalized after a “suspicious” fire burned down a multimillion-dollar Long Island home.

Shaniqua Tompkins, told TMZ that she heard “someone” come into the house this morning at 4 AM, shortly before the fire broke out around an hour later.

Shaniqua’s lawyer, tells us that his client is “traumatized” by the fire. 50 Cents Lawyer “Denies” that his client had anything to do with it.

Fire Chief Larry Feld says that the Arson Squad is on the scene of the blaze, characterizing the fire as “highly suspicious.”

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