洛杉矶Alameda街商用建筑凌晨大火：120多名消防员扑救约6小时，屋顶坍塌、起因未明
位于加州洛杉矶县洛杉矶（Los Angeles）市 Central-Alameda 社区的一栋商用建筑，11月9日凌晨发生大火。洛杉矶消防局（LAFD）发言人 Jennifer Middleton 表示，火情于凌晨1时02分接报，地点在南 Alameda 街5505号、靠近 Vernon 市一带；先遣消防员抵达时，一栋100英尺乘100英尺的商用建筑已被火焰完全吞没。
据在现场接受采访的洛杉矶消防局队长 Branden Silverman 介绍，起火处是一家地板材料公司，建筑内堆放了大量可燃物，形成消防员所说的重火荷载。现场还存放有丙烷罐，消防员成功将其保住、未让其卷入火势。
大火随后蔓延到同一地块上的其他建筑，并造成起火建筑屋顶坍塌。洛杉矶消防局表示，消防员对起火建筑采取外部防御性扑救，同时进入相邻建筑内部强攻灭火，防止火势进一步扩大。
洛杉矶市消防局与洛杉矶县消防局共120多名消防员参与扑救，大火于上午约7时被扑灭。起火原因尚不清楚，当局尚未公布伤亡情况，也未给出确认的损失估算与受影响商家数目，周边用户是否遭遇停电同样未明。（来源：洛杉矶消防局）
Fire Guts Commercial Building on Alameda Street in Los Angeles: 120+ Firefighters Battle Blaze for Six Hours as Roof Collapses
A commercial building in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, caught fire in the early hours of November 9. Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) spokeswoman Jennifer Middleton said the fire was reported at 1:02 a.m. at 5505 S. Alameda St., near the city of Vernon, and that the first firefighters to arrive found a 100-by-100-foot commercial building fully engulfed in flames.
LAFD Captain Branden Silverman, interviewed at the scene, said the property operated as a flooring company and held a significant amount of combustible material piled high inside, creating what firefighters call a heavy fire load. Propane tanks stored at the property were kept safe and did not become involved, he said.
The fire spread to other structures on the same property and caused the roof of the original building to collapse. According to the LAFD, firefighters operated defensively at the original building while crews entered an adjacent structure to attack the flames aggressively and prevent further spread.
More than 120 firefighters from the Los Angeles Fire Department and the Los Angeles County Fire Department responded, and the blaze was declared knocked down at around 7 a.m. The cause of the fire remains unknown. Authorities have not released information on casualties, a confirmed damage estimate or the number of businesses affected, and it was unclear whether nearby customers lost power. (Source: Los Angeles Fire Department)
来源：洛杉矶消防局
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图片来源：图：洛杉矶消防局消防车在一处商用建筑火灾现场扑救（资料图）。Chris Yarzab 摄，CC BY 2.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: A Los Angeles Fire Department engine at the scene of a commercial building fire (file photo). Photo by Chris Yarzab, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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