Roof collapses after large building fire in DTLA

Massive fire breaks out in DTLA

LAFD crews worked to put out a fire in a three-story building with a basement in downtown Los Angeles. Crews had to fight the fire from outside the building after determining it was too dangerous to go inside.

LOS ANGELES - Crews in downtown Los Angeles are battling a massive structure fire Tuesday that's already collapsed the building's roof.

The fire broke out just after 1 p.m. at a building in the 300 block of E. 4th Street. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the building is approximately three stories, with a basement.

Early images from SkyFOX showed portions of the roof near the back of the building had apparently collapsed. Smoke was also billowing out of the front windows of the building while crews fought the fire from outside and above. About an hour later, most of the roof had collapsed.

According to the LAFD, the fire broke out on the third floor of the building in "dense storage." Crews initially tried fighting the fire from inside the building, before removing all firefighters from the building and fighting it from the outside.

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According to reports there were no people in the building, and no injuries have been reported.

No other information was immediately available.

Downtown LA Los Angeles Crime and Public Safety