Businesses Destroyed in South LA Fire

Via the LAFD Incident Report: "The initial 9-1-1 call into the OCD Dispatch Center indicated a fire located in a commercial building. As responding Firefighters arrived on scene, they found a one story commercial building with fire showing from the interior of the occupancy.

Firefighters began a labor intensive interior fire fight in concert with the roof top ventilation team, trying to gain control of the fire. Additional companies were requested as the extreme concentration of radiant heat increased to the point that pallets stored in the adjacent storage yard from the fire origin started to self combust." (Nick Ut/AP Photo)