Nearly 100 firefighters tackle Greater Alarm fire at metal processing plant in Downtown LA

Firefighters tackle massive fire at metal processing plant in Downtown LA

It took 96 Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters just over 45 minutes to extinguish a Greater Alarm fire that engulfed a metal processing plant in Downtown Los Angeles Saturday evening. 

The fire was reported just after 10:15 p.m. at a plant in the 800 block of S. Santa Fe Avenue, according to LAFD. 

The fire was officially declared extinguished at 11:03 p.m., after firefighters were able to quickly assess the situation and contain the blaze. 

"Thankfully, this particular metal-working business did not contain some of the flammable metals like magnesium that can be a concern, but only aluminum was the main metal found inside," a statement from LAFD said. 

There were no injuries reported.

Authorities were still working to determine a cause of the fire. 

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