Historic Morrison Hotel Building Made Famous by The Doors Goes Up in Flames in Downtown LA

The Morrison Hotel served as the backdrop for The Doors’ 1970 album of the same name.

Vehicles drive past the Morrison Hotel in Los Angeles on Dec. 21, 2004. Ric Francis/AP Photo

Flames broke out at a historic building occupied by homeless squatters in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday.

At around 11 a.m. local time, more than 100 firefighters responded to a fire that erupted on the top floor of the former Morrison Hotel, which inspired the rock group The Doors’ 1970 album of the same name.