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Three fire fighters hurt battling major fire at a Los Angeles fabric warehouse, US
Three fire fighters were hurt early on Monday, 9 September 2019, battling a major fire that engulfed a fabric warehouse in downtown Los Angeles. The fire broke out just after midnight at Payman Fabric, a wholesale fabric firm in a 10 360-square-foot building in the downtown Arts District, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. With flames shooting out of the single-storey building, the major emergency fire forced fire fighters to stay outside the pre-1933 building and battle it from the street. Part of the roof of collapsed and there was a concern that part of a wall would also fall.
It took nearly three hours for more than 180 fire fighters to get control of the blaze but not before three fire fighters required medical care. Two fire fighters were injured and a third experienced exhaustion but none of the injuries were considered life threatening, authorities said. No other injuries were reported and fire fighters were able to keep the flames from spreading to adjoining buildings. “They did an outstanding job keeping the flames confined to the unit of origin,” Los Angeles Fire Captain Erik Scott said. “As you see behind me, these buildings and businesses are butted up right against each other but they were able to confine them just to that unit.” The cause of the fire is under investigation. Fire fighters remained on the scene throughout the morning. Source: CBS Photos: Rick McClure |
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