Fifty-two firefighters battled a blaze at a Sun Valley commercial building on North Lankershim Boulevard Thursday night. The fire spread from the exterior to the interior of the structure before crews contained it in 30 minutes. A separate brush fire near the 170 Freeway also burned in Sun Valley that day.
ifty-two Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters responded to a blaze at a commercial building on Thursday night, according to the fire department.
Firefighters arrived at 8323 N. Lankershim Blvd., near Roscoe Boulevard, at 10:09 p.m., where they found heavy smoke showing from the structure, LAFD spokeswoman Jennifer Middleton said Friday.
The fire began outside the one-story building, which measured 50 feet by 100 feet, before spreading indoors, Middleton said. Crews extinguished the blaze in 30 minutes.
"It took 52 firefighters to knock down the blaze," Middleton said.
No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire has not been determined, according to the LAFD.
The commercial building fire was not the only fire in Sun Valley that day. A brush fire broke out Thursday afternoon in the 8000 block of Daha Place, burning behind homes along a narrow strip of grass next to the 170 Freeway soundwall.
The Los Angeles Fire Department stopped forward progress of that blaze after 47 minutes, according to the department. The fire grew to approximately 1 acre, and no structures were threatened, ABC7 Los Angeles reported.
White smoke drifted across freeway lanes, though traffic continued moving past the scene, the station noted.
The cause of the brush fire was not immediately known, and no injuries were reported.
The two fires highlight the vulnerability of Sun Valley properties near the freeway corridor and the commercial strip along Lankershim Boulevard.
Anyone with information about either fire was urged to contact the LAFD.
For more information on fire safety in the Valley, residents can visit the Los Angeles Fire Department website at lafd.org.
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