Crime & Safety
LAFD Knocks Down Fire in Montecito Heights Strip Mall
The department dispatched 26 firefighters to the scene and extinguished the flames in about 14 minutes.
MONTECITO HEIGHTS, CA — Firefighters knocked down a fire inside one unit of a strip mall Sunday in Montecito Heights, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The blaze at 5916 N. Monterey Road was reported at 1:35 p.m., according to LAFD spokesman Nicholas Prange.
The fire was in the rear of a one-story L-shaped building, Prange continued. The department dispatched 26 firefighters to the scene and extinguished the flames in about 14 minutes.
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No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remained under investigation.
—City News Service
