A wildfire scorched about 40 acres of Michael Jackson's Neverland Ranch Friday, coming within a quarter-mile of the Santa Ynez compound's main residence, the Associated Press reported.
According to Santa Barbara County Fire Department spokesman Jeff Ross, no structures, including the merry-go-round, caught fire.
Jackson, of course, was not anywhere near the residence as about 100 firefighters and water-dropping helicopters battled the blaze. The King of Pop has been living in Bahrain since being acquitted of child molestation charges last summer, and he announced in June that's he's planning a move to Europe.
The Thriller purveyor's rep, Raymone Bain, said in June that Jackson had no plans to sell Neverland--despite the tremendous expense involved in maintaining all that land, the exotic animals and the amusement park rides--and surmised that, at some point, he's going to move back. Click Here to continue reading entire article.
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