Operations & Training

Los Angeles Fire Rages for Hours, Damaging Multiple Buildings

July 19, 2024

An outdoor fire spread to four commercial structures and a vacant apartment building.

A large fire in a commercial building in downtown Los Angeles raged for hours Friday morning, damaging multiple buildings.

Capt. Cody Weireter said what began in “an outside storage area” spread to five buildings, four commercial and one vacant apartment building.

Firefighters also used a robot to attack “deep-seated pockets of fire” in areas that were too dangerous for them, Weireter told KTLA.

One firefighter suffered a knee injury.

Crews remain at the scene mopping up and checking for hotspots.

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Susan Nicol is the news editor for Firehouse.com. She is a life member and active with the Brunswick Volunteer Ambulance & Rescue Company, Oxford Fire Company and Brunswick Vol. Fire Co. Susie has been an EMT in Maryland since 1976. Susie is vice-president of the Frederick County Fire/Rescue Museum. She is on the executive committee of Frederick County Volunteer Fire and Rescue Association. She also is part of the Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS) Region II EMS Council. Susie is a board member of the American Trauma Society, Maryland Division. Prior to joining the Firehouse team, she was a staff writer for The Frederick News-Post, covering fire, law enforcement, court and legislative issues.