Los Angeles church sees second fire in a week, prompting arson probe
An arson investigation is underway after crews responded to a second fire at a church in the Chesterfield Square neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Firefighters were called to the Holy Apostolic Church in the 2100 block of West Slauson Avenue after a blaze was reported just after 3:15 a.m. on Thursday, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Crews quickly went into defensive mode when they arrived to the scene after seeing heavy flames coming from the one-story commercial building.
Video from the scene showed firefighters trying to put out the flames with water hoses.
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The first fire started inside the building attached to the church on Tuesday. Firefighters were quickly able to stop the flames from spreading into the church and no damages