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Firemen in Los Angeles responded on Wednesday to a fireplace not removed from the port of Los Angeles, the place delivery containers had been on hearth, the authorities stated.
A number of delivery containers burned in a shipyard close to the port of Los Angeles on Wednesday, the authorities stated. (KTTV)
Shortly earlier than 2:40 p.m., a name got here in a few hearth in a shipyard within the Wilmington neighborhood of Los Angeles, simply north of the busy port, the Los Angeles Hearth Division instructed Fox Information. There have been containers, tires and different saved gadgets within the yard.
A cloud of black smoke was seen from an excellent distance far past the location.
Firefighters put out a fireplace at a shipyard close to the Port of Los Angeles on Wednesday. (KTTV)
88 firefighters had been on web site, stated a division spokesman, and several other containers had been on hearth. The Los Angeles County Hearth Division additionally despatched 10 extra, the LAFD stated.
The LAFD introduced that the fireplace was extinguished in simply over 90 minutes. After loud explosions had been heard, a harmful items investigation was initiated, however it turned out that the noise was exploding tires and never a harmful poison, the fireplace division stated.
Welding supplies had been discovered on the scene, however they didn’t contribute to the fireplace.
Hearth vans spray water on a fireplace in a Los Angeles shipyard. (KTTV)
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No accidents had been reported. The fireplace was contained apart from the courtyard and no buildings had been threatened.
The reason for the fireplace is being investigated.
