Morrison hotel featured on Doors’ album cover burns in Los Angeles fire

Blaze engulfed landmark building where Jim Morrison and bandmates posed for a photograph for their 1970 LP

Flames engulfed the historic Morrison Hotel, featured on the cover of The Doors' 1970 album of the same name, after a fire hit the landmark downtown Los Angeles building.

More than 100 firefighters responded to the fire, which began around 11am Thursday, and had the burn under control in under two hours. Several dozen people inside were able to escape, including possible squatters and three people rescued by firefighters on the third floor.