Los Angeles, CA – Firefighters worked through the early morning hours Friday to extinguish a stubborn commercial building fire in Boyle Heights after receiving reports of smoke and flames around 1:15 a.m.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the blaze involved a roughly 100-by-100-foot metal-clad structure filled with a large volume of contents, which fueled rapid fire growth. Crews arrived to find heavy flames and thick smoke rising from the building.
Due to concerns over structural integrity, incident commanders kept all firefighters in a defensive posture, attacking the blaze from the exterior using ladder pipes, wagon batteries, and large-diameter handlines. Approximately 88 firefighters worked for nearly two hours, bringing the fire under control by around 3 a.m.
LAFD officials said no injuries were reported, and no evacuations were required. Neighboring apartment buildings were closely monitored and protected throughout the firefight.
The cause of the blaze remains under investigation.
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