City and County Firefighters Battle Industrial Blaze in South L.A.

SOUTH LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Fire Department was called just before 1:30 pm on June 25, 2013 to 136 East 58th Street, where they found Antique Wood Craft, a one story furniture manufacturing business, heavily involved in fire.

It was quickly determined the stage and quantity of flames made an interior offensive firefight impossible. An exterior defensive fire attack ensued. Nearly 100 firefighters battled the hour long blaze. During this time, two adjacent commercial buildings were exposed to fire and sustain minor damage.

Quick action by firefighters and working fire sprinklers aided in rapid fire extinguishment. Nearly one dozen workers escaped the fast moving fire prior to the Fire Department’s arrival.

The main fire in the 75’ by 100’ metal-clad building was so intense, that an ember traveled one and a half blocks, where it ignited a fire at 327 East 58th Street. There, the blaze was limited to a surface fire on the roof, swiftly extinguished through the combined effort of LAFD and Los Angeles County Fire Department responders.

Fire loss is still being tabulated. The cause of the fire remains under active investigation by the LAFD Arson/Counter-Terrorism Section.

Dispatched LAFD Units: E33 T33 E233 RA833 RA33 E221 E21 T21 SQ21 E46 BC13 BC11 E14 E266 T66 DC1 EM13 BC1 BC2 E215 T15 E11 E66 T10 EM11 T3 E203 E3 UR3 UR88 BC4 RA3 RA803 RA62 EM5 RA79 EA1 E210 TP1 TP3 LD1 LD2 DT2 DT3 AR2 AR1 EL3 T94 E294 E27 E85 E64

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Submitted by Katherine Main, Spokesperson
Los Angeles Fire Department

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