A piece of rock music history has been destroyed by the Los Angeles wildfires.

The Pacific Palisades house where The Doors wrote their psychedelic hit, "Light My Fire", has burned to a crisp - in an eerie and somewhat ironic turn of events.

'Light My Fire' house burns

Contrary to popular belief, the classic tune was written by guitarist Robbie Krieger at his parents' house in Pacific Palisades - and not the band's notorious frontman, Jim Morrison.

The Alma Real Drive residence where Krieger wrote the song has been owned for over 20 years by Claudio and Kathleen Boltiansky.

Their house was incinerated by the Pacific Palisades wildfire, which has turned much of the neighborhood to ash.

"It would be one thing to just lose our house, but the biggest loss we’re feeling is our whole community,” Kathleen, 56, told the Los Angeles Times. “It’s never going to be the same.”

While many people think of the Palisades as an ultra-wealthy community, that hasn't always been the case, Claudio said.

“People should know that this is not Beverly Hills, which has always been expensive. Before the 2000s, the Palisades was a very affordable neighborhood like any part of Los Angeles."

Guitarist wrote classic song

Formed in Los Angeles in 1965, the Doors emblemized the dark side of the 1960s counterculture, and no song captured their energy quite like "Light My Fire."

The song showcased everything that made the Doors famous - from the sultry instrumentals to Morrison's crooning vocals and the dark, erotic lyrics comparing love to a "funeral pyre." That line was one of Morrison's contributions.

"Light My Fire" spent three weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 and would endure as a classic of psychedelic rock.

While it was Krieger who wrote the song, it would take years for the guitarist's role to be recognized. Krieger would complain about not getting credit, although director Oliver Stone brought his role to public attention in his movie The Doors. 

"Jim had been writing all the songs and then one day we realized we didn’t have enough tunes, so he said, ‘Hey, why don’t you guys try and write songs?’ I wrote Light My Fire that night and brought it to the next rehearsal. It was my idea to have that scene in the movie, by the way. I wanted it there because it’s always kind of bugged me that so many people don’t know I was the composer," Krieger told Guitar World in 1994.

The Doors paid tribute to Los Angeles with their last studio album during Morrison's lifetime, L.A. Woman, which was released shortly before Morrison's untimely and mysterious death at the age of 27 in Paris.