A large hearth broke out Saturday night at an condo complicated in Lomita.
Los Angeles County hearth crews responded to a name at 6:50 p.m. within the 2100 block of Palos Verdes Drive North, Hearth Division officers stated.
By 10 p.m., firefighters had been nonetheless battling the large three-alarm blaze on the Vista Verde complicated. Dwell video from CBS Information confirmed flames tearing via the roof, which partly collapsed within the first two hours of the blaze.
At one level, it appeared {that a} transformer exploded close to hearth crews, who shot water down from ladders and blasted hoses from the bottom and a portion of the roof on the roaring flames. Video from Fox 11 Information, which lasted for greater than an hour, confirmed elements of the rooftop had collapsed amid the inferno.
Clouds of smoke roiled from the location, which is adjoining to the Inexperienced Hills Memorial Park cemetery complicated in Rancho Palos Verdes.
Actual property listings describe Vista Verde as a two-story complicated with at the very least 25 items. Accidents haven’t but been reported.
The reason for the hearth stays beneath investigation.
