Person Rushed To Hospital From Strip-Mall Fire In East LA

Los Angeles CA

18 December, 2021

12:41 PM

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EAST LOS ANGELES, CA — One person was rushed to a hospital from a second-alarm fire Saturday at a two-story strip mall in East Los Angeles, authorities said. The person's condition was not known, the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported. "We don't know if it (the transport) was a medical issue or a fire issue," Capt. Norman Queen said. Firefighters were dispatched to 757 S. Fetterly Ave. at 6:04 a.m., according to a county fire dispatcher. The blaze began as a dryer fire on the first floor, extending into the second floor. "There was a part of the facade that collapsed, which indicated to us that the structure is not stable -- which is why we went into defensive mode," Queen said. —City News Service