Britney almost lost her new album to fire

MELBOURNE - Britney Spears’ newly recorded material nearly missed devastation when a fire broke out at her producer’s Los Angeles studio.

Superstar producer Rusko - whose real name is Christopher Mercer - was able to salvage the recordings after his home studio caught fire when a car parked in his garage exploded, according to World Entertainment News Network.

“Thank God I grabbed my hard drives,” News.com.au quoted Rusko as tweeting.

“We’re all safe thank the lord,” the English producer added.

The singer’s agent, Adam Leber, recently tweeted about the progress of Spears’ upcoming album.

“Brit is recording a big big BIG new song on Friday with MaxMartin and TheDrLuke. I’m pretty sure it’s a smash!” Leber said of the work for her seventh album, a follow-up to the 2008 “Circus.” (ANI)