Four-Alarm fire rips through vacant strip mall in Long Beach
Firefighters extinguished a Four-Alarm fire at a strip mall in Long Beach Sunday morning.
According to Long Beach Fire Department, crews were dispatched at around 3:40 a.m. after receiving reports of a structure fire at a strip mall.
The fire, located on Anaheim Street and Olive Avenue, damaged the building, which was said to be vacant as it was undergoing renovations.
Defensive fire operations were used to extinguish the fire due to the significant fire progression and wind conditions encountered during the incident.
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The fire required multiple resources and eventually ended up as a 4th alarm. pic.twitter.com/sM7sRt5XcO
"Defensive operations were used to extinguish the fire due to significant fire progression and wind conditions encountered during this incident," said LBFD officials.
They also noted that due to the severity of the fire and the "drawn down of the fire resources in Long Beach," Los Angeles County Fire Department crews were called for assistance and to backfill their stations.
There have been no injuries reported.
Investigators were working to determine a cause for the fire.