Firefighters Wednesday were working to extinguish a fire in a commercial building containing textiles in downtown Los Angeles.
The fire was reported about 5:50 a.m. in the 1100 block of South Los Angeles Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department, which dispatched about 120 firefighters to the scene.
The flames burned through the roof of the two-story building, and the firefighters transitioned into a “defensive mode,” the LAFD said.
“As firefighters continue to battle in defensive mode, from the exterior only, with master streams — ladder pipes, portable monitors, and large-diameter hand lines — the building is beginning to show signs of compromise, as walls begin to buckle,” the LAFD said shortly after 7 a.m.
No injuries were immediately reported.