Rubbish Fire Spreads to Buildings Near Skid Row, 150 Firefighters Dispatched

Firefighters with the Los Angeles Fire Department extinguish the flames of a car fire started in a homeless encampment in Los Angeles, Calif., on Nov. 6, 2020. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—A fire that began in a rubbish yard spread into commercial-residential buildings near Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles on June 22, sending thick smoke into the air and creating confusion as people gathered outside the burning buildings, and some ran inside.

The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) responded around 3:10 p.m. to the 700 block of South San Pedro Street on reports of a commercial building fire with heavy flames showing, according to Nicholas Prange of the LAFD.