It took 82 firefighters 51 minutes to put out flames in a commercial building in Panorama City, authorities said Sunday.
The fire was reported at 10:23 p.m. at 14545 W. Lanark St., Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
Smoke was coming from the two-story building when firefighters arrived, Stewart said.
No injuries were reported, she said.
A Google photo of the scene shows the building was used by the County of Los Angeles Department of Social Services but had a fence around it.
The building has been vacant since the department relocated to a new building in 2015 and on April 30, 2019, the Board of Supervisors approved a negotiating agreement aimed at developing the property into affordable housing, according to lacounty.gov.