Flames swept the roof of a massive warehouse in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, quickly spreading across the building’s solar panels, belching thick clouds of smoke and ammonia gas that prompted a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents.
The blaze erupted around 2:30 p.m. at a 500,000-square-foot Lineage company warehouse in the city’s historic Boyle Heights neighborhood, with flames breaching a pressurized ammonia line but mainly burning across the roof, according to Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Jaime Moore.
The burning building and adjacent structures were safely evacuated, and no injuries were reported, Moore said.
Firefighters who initially scaled the building and rushed into the facility were ordered to retreat after the ammonia release, and crews experienced difficulty reaching the burning roof with streams of water unleashed from the ground, Moore told reporters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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