Plumes of thick black smoke billowed into the air Sunday afternoon as firefighters struggled to include a big industrial hearth at a tire recycling facility in South Gate.
The Los Angeles County Fireplace Division mentioned in a submit on X that it responded at 2:40 p.m. to a report of a hearth on the facility within the 11800 block of Industrial Avenue. Upon arrival, crews took a defensive place.
A lady walks by way of smoke as firefighters battle an industrial hearth in Sunday at a tire recycling facility in South Gate.
(Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Occasions)
County Supervisor Janice Hahn mentioned a shelter-in-place order had been issued for the encompassing neighborhood and urged folks to remain indoors with their pets and preserve the doorways and home windows closed, in a submit on X.
The South Gate Police Division requested residents to keep away from the areas of Gardendale and Industrial streets, and famous that first responders from the Los Angeles County Fireplace Division and the South Gate Police Division have been on the scene.
There isn’t a phrase on what sparked the blaze or whether or not there have been folks within the facility on the time the fireplace began.
