Suspicious Fire Engulfs Mar Vista Strip Mall, Again

MAR VISTA, CA — An early morning fire scorched a strip mall in Mar Vista Tuesday morning. It's the second time that same mall caught fire.

Investigators are calling the blaze "very suspicious,"ABC7 reported.

Firefighters were called to the scene at 3501 S. Centinela Ave at 4:59 a.m. Tuesday. It took crews almost a half-hour to put out the blaze, according to Amy Bastman of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

No injuries were reported and a cause of the fire was under investigation, she said.

The fire department did not release any immediate information regarding the previous fire, which occurred in 2017.

City News Service contributed to this report. Photo: Shutterstock