LOS ANGELES, CA — Firefighters extinguished a blaze that burned through the roof of a row of commercial packing businesses in the Fashion District of downtown Los Angeles Sunday.
The Los Angeles Fire Department reported at 6:38 p.m. Sunday that flames were showing through the roof of a row of commercial businesses measuring approximately 40 feet by 150 feet at 950 E. Pico Blvd., west of South Central Avenue.
The incident commander ordered firefighters to switch to defensive operations, battling the flames from outside the structure, according to the LAFD.
A knockdown was declared at 8:09 p.m., approximately an hour and a half after the initial 911 call, fire officials said.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire remained undetermined.
The Los Angeles Department of Transportation, Southern California Gas Co. and Los Angeles Police Department were notified of the incident.
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