Building Partially Collapses as Firefighters Battle Blaze

Manchester Square, Los Angeles, CA: The Los Angeles Fire Department battled a Greater Alarm commercial structure fire shortly after 3:00 a.m. Friday, July 8, in the Manchester Square neighborhood within the city of Los Angeles.

Firefighters arrived to a vacant 50′ x 150′ one-story commercial structure well involved in fire on the 8200 block of South Western Avenue, according to LAFD. Crews immediately fought the flames in defensive mode when, at one point, there was a structural collapse in portions of the building.

LAFD reported that 87 firefighters took just 53 minutes to fully extinguish the fire.

No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

Video: Zak Holman, Photojournalist / KNN