Businesses Destroyed in South LA Fire

"Seven businesses and a pallet storage yard were involved in the blaze. The two buildings destroyed were a vacant sound stage and M & M Auto Repair Yard. The pallet storage yard was also destroyed. The remaining businesses were saved by the gallant efforts of the LAFD Fire companies on scene. It took 183 Firefighters 2 hours and 59 minutes to call a knockdown on the fire. The cause and the dollar loss estimate are undetermined until the completion of the fire investigation. There were two Firefighters transported to a local hospitals, one with heat related symptoms, one with a small laceration to the right forearm. One civilian was treated for 1st and 2nd degree burns to the arm and was released at the scene to seek his own medical attention." (Nick Ut/AP Photo)