Firefighters extinguished a fire inside a building behind a vacant hospital complex in Boyle Heights this evening, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The fire inside one room’s contents in the back building at 443 S. Soto St. was reported at 7:47 p.m., said fire department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart.

The LAFD sent 31 firefighters to the scene and knocked down the flames in 11 minutes, Stewart said.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remained under investigation.

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