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    Video: Roof Collapses as LAFD Faces Large Commercial Fire

    Dec. 22, 2020
    More than 100 Los Angeles City firefighters responded to a fire that broke out in the city's North Hollywood neighborhood and tore through two commercial buildings.

    By Leila Miller

    Source Los Angeles Times

    Los Angeles City Fire Department
    More than 100 Los Angeles City firefighters battled a fire that spread to two commercial buildings and collapsed the roof of one of the structures Monday.
    More than 100 Los Angeles City firefighters battled a fire that spread to two commercial buildings and collapsed the roof of one of the structures Monday.

    Firefighters were battling a blaze in North Hollywood on Monday night that had spread to two commercial buildings and caused a roof to collapse.

    Officials responded to a call at 9:07 p.m. in response to a fire at 5400 N. Tujunga Ave., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

    By 9:50 p.m., more than 100 firefighters were working to extinguish fire on two buildings and defend a third one in the construction stage.

    Margaret Stewart, a spokesman for the department, said she could not confirm whether the buildings had been vacant.

    No injuries have been reported.

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