Firefighters took up defensive positions Saturday outside a smoky fire that was consuming a vacant, 10,000 square-foot commercial building in Panorama City.
The fire was first reported at 2:37 p.m. at 14651 Roscoe Blvd., the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Lyndsey Lantz said.
“All companies are in defensive mode, fighting fire from the exterior with heavy streams, including large-diameter hand lines, ladder pipes, wagon batteries, and portable monitors,” Lantz said. “Primary safety concerns include structural integrity and the intense heat.”
Firefighters attack a blaze that broke out in a vacant building at Roscoe Boulevard and Tobias Avenue in Panorama City on Saturday, July 20, 2024. One corner of the 10,000-square-foot commercial building, which has burned in previous fires, collapsed during the firefight. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters attack a blaze that broke out in a vacant building at Roscoe Boulevard and Tobias Avenue in Panorama City on Saturday, July 20, 2024. One corner of the 10,000-square-foot commercial building, which has burned in previous fires, collapsed during the firefight. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters attack a blaze that broke out in a vacant building at Roscoe Boulevard and Tobias Avenue in Panorama City on Saturday, July 20, 2024. One corner of the 10,000-square-foot commercial building, which has burned in previous fires, collapsed during the firefight. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters attack a blaze that broke out in a vacant building at Roscoe Boulevard and Tobias Avenue in Panorama City on Saturday, July 20, 2024. One corner of the 10,000-square-foot commercial building, which has burned in previous fires, collapsed during the firefight. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
Firefighters attack a blaze that broke out in a vacant building at Roscoe Boulevard and Tobias Avenue in Panorama City on Saturday, July 20, 2024. One corner of the 10,000-square-foot commercial building, which has burned in previous fires, collapsed during the firefight. (Photo by David Crane, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG)
