A fire department captain suffered a non-life-threatening burn injury Tuesday fighting a blaze that broke out in a commercial building in Van Nuys and collapsed the structure’s roof.
The fire was reported at 3:20 p.m. at a manufacturing business in the 14700 block of Aetna Street, near Cedros Avenue, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
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The building had been structurally compromised by the time firefighters arrived, forcing them into a defensive posture, Humphrey said. Ladder crews could be seen pouring water on flames that burned through the building’s roof.
A total of 140 firefighters responded to the blaze, which was knocked down in 39 minutes, Humphrey said.
The injured fire captain was taken to a hospital for further evaluation of a burn to one of his hands, Humphrey said.
Adjacent properties were threatened but the fire was contained to the building of origin, according to Humphrey, who said the structure housed a light manufacturing business.
According to NBC4, the business made prosthetic limbs.
–City News Service