Fire in a 300′ x 300′ commercial structure
SOUTH LOS ANGELES – It took the combined effort of 170 Los Angeles Fire Department responders, working relentlessly for more than four hours in a defensive posture, to fully contain and extinguish stubborn flames from an outside fire that quickly swept into and through a 300′ x 300′ one-story commercial building in the 8700 block of South Crocker Street on April 3, 2021, but thankfully caused no injury.
Though the fire was initially believed to involve only a furniture manufacturing firm occupying the expanse below three contiguous roofs, it was later determined that the fire also or instead involved a sizable marijuana grow operation, and possibly other businesses within the large connected buildings, which were very heavily damaged by the blaze.
Pursuant to protocol, the fire remains under active investigation by the LAFD Arson / Counter-Terrorism Section.
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