Crime & Safety
Another Fire Marks Latest In Troubling Incidents Surrounding Squatters In Abandoned Beverly Grove Apartments
"I was just trying to sleep and I saw some orange in my window," said Leo Petronzio. "It was fire, and we were all rushing outside."
June 26, 2025
Yet another troubling incident has ignited fears of Beverly Grove residents who live near a complex of abandoned apartments that have been taken over by squatters.
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Cell phone video shows the moments that a large fire burns behind the buildings, located at First Street and S. Flores Street, in the middle of the night on Tuesday.
"I was just trying to sleep and I saw some orange in my window," said Leo Petronzio. "It was fire, and we were all rushing outside."
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