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Firefighters Battle Greater Alarm Fire in East Los Angeles

Posted by Contributing Editor on September 16, 2020 in OC | Leave a response
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Firefighters Wednesday extinguished a fire that tore through a five-story housing complex under construction in East Los Angeles and also damaged a historic theater building and a house.

Firefighters responded to the area of Rowan Avenue and First Street about 1 a.m. and encountered heavy fire coming from the 62-unit complex, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Video from the scene showed the entire structure engulfed in flames.

A total of 150 firefighters were on scene, the department said.

The building, which had been under construction for 18 months, was supposed to house low-income veterans, the construction superintendent told CBS2. It was three months from being completed and was being planned and managed by a nonprofit group.

The fire was still burning after daybreak, authorities said.

The fire also damaged a historic pre-1933 theater building, and a single-story house. Firefighters and sheriff’s deputies evacuated nearby residents, and no one was injured. The cause of the fire was under investigation.

Firefighters Battle Greater Alarm Fire in East Los Angeles was last modified: September 16th, 2020 by Contributing Editor

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