Despite the stormy weather and rain, a stubborn contents fire early Friday morning at a commercial building in the Ramona Gardens neighborhood of Boyle Heights defied efforts to douse the flames, forcing crews to take defensive positions and fight the blaze from outside the structure.
Firefighters responded to the blaze about 1:15 a.m. Friday at 2727 E. Alcazar Street, between Murchison and Perris streets, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz.
Nearly 90 firefighters were at the scene at one point, the LAFD reported.
Crews turned off their incident clock about 2:45 a.m., according to Lantz, who said the Department of Building and Safety red-tagged the 100 feet by 100 feet metal-clad commercial building, meaning it was uninhabitable, unsafe to enter and would likely be bulldozed in short order.
Crews remained at the scene five hours after the fire was doused.
No injuries were reported.