Structure Fire in Boyle Heights, Los Angeles - LAIT911

Structure Fire

Total Responding Units: 47

Additional Information

  Incident Type: Structure Fire
  Timestamp: 10-04-22 01:13 PM
 
  Neighborhood: Boyle Heights
  Address: 1308 S Soto St
  Intersection: E Hostetter St / Soto St

  Council District: ()
  LAFD: Central (FS17, BC1)
  LAPD: Hollenbeck (489)

  Latitude/Longitude: 34.0259, -118.2194

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LAFD Press Release

Structure Fire 10/04/2022 INC#0951 - Structure Fire; INC#0951; 01:13PM; 1300 S Soto St; ; #BoyleHeights; PRELIM: Offensive firefighting operations, with smoke showing from vacant/boarded 50' x 200' one-story bank building. ; FS 17; Batt 1; Central Bureau; Council District 14; BC1 BC11 CM20 CM22 E10 E14 E2 E202 E209 E210 EM1 RA17 T10 T2 T9; CH9; 13; Brian Humphrey 10-04-22 01:22 PM

Update Greater Alarm Structure Fire #SotoFire 10/04/2022 INC#0951 - Update #SotoFire Greater Alarm Structure Fire; INC#0951; 01:29PM; 1308 S Soto St; ; #Boyle Heights; *Address Corrected* With 80 LAFD Firefighters now assigned in defensive operations, this incident, known as the "Soto Fire" has escalated to Greater Alarm status. Heavy fire in the attic on LAFD arrival quickly extended throughout the vacant and boarded one-story 5,937 square-foot former bank building (built 1950 - unknown vacant date). No injuries. No evacuation. #LATraffic: Full closure of Soto Street between Olympic Boulevard and 8th Street until LAFD operations are complete, unknown duration. Motorists, expect congestion and delay, avoid the immediate area and consider an alternate route. Detours are readily available. Monitor traffic reports on news radio. Transit Users: Follow @MetroLAAlerts https://twitter.com/MetroLAAlerts on Twitter for information.; FS 17; Batt 1; Central Bureau; Council District 14; BC1 BC11 CM20 CM22 E10 E14 E17 E2 E202 E209 E210 EM1 RA17 T10 T2 T9; CH9; 13 14; Brian Humphrey 10-04-22 01:44 PM

Update Greater Alarm Structure Fire #SotoFire 10/04/2022 INC#0951 - Update #SotoFire Greater Alarm Structure Fire; INC#0951; 01:29PM; 1308 S Soto St; ; #Boyle Heights; *Address Corrected* With 80 LAFD Firefighters now assigned in defensive operations, this incident, known as the "Soto Fire" has escalated to Greater Alarm status. Heavy fire in the attic on LAFD arrival quickly extended throughout the vacant and boarded one-story 5,937 square-foot former bank building (built 1950 - unknown vacant date). No injuries. No evacuation. #LATraffic: Full closure of Soto Street between Olympic Boulevard and 8th Street until LAFD operations are complete, unknown duration. Motorists, expect congestion and delay, avoid the immediate area and consider an alternate route. Detours are readily available. Monitor traffic reports on news radio. Transit Users: Follow @MetroLAAlerts https://twitter.com/MetroLAAlerts on Twitter for any service impact.; FS 17; Batt 1; Central Bureau; Council District 14; BC1 BC11 CM20 CM22 E10 E14 E17 E2 E202 E209 E210 EM1 RA17 T10 T2 T9; CH9; 13 14; Brian Humphrey 10-04-22 01:44 PM

Knockdown - #SotoFire Greater Alarm Structure Fire 10/04/2022 INC#0951 - Knockdown - #SotoFire Greater Alarm Structure Fire; INC#0951; 02:42PM; 1308 S Soto St; ; #BoyleHeights; 97 LAFD Firefighters took just 89 minutes in largely defensive operations to access, confine and fully extinguish heavy fire throughout a vacant and boarded one-story 5,937 square-foot former bank building (built 1950 - unknown vacancy date). One LAFD Firefighter is being evaluated at scene for minor injuries. Fire cause under active investigation, with one adult male person of interest now being interviewed at scene by law enforcement. One or more lanes of Soto Street will remain closed between Olympic Boulevard and 8th Street until LAFD operations are complete, unknown duration. Motorists, expect congestion and delay, avoid the immediate area and consider an alternate route. Detours are readily available.; FS 17; Batt 1; Central Bureau; Council District 14; RA17 E202 T2 E209 E14 BC1 T9 E2 E10 E210 T10 CM22 EM1 BC11 CM20 E17 EA1 E21 SQ21 T66 E266 EM11 BC13 T3 E203 UR3 HR3 E89 UR88 BC5 T27 E227 AR1 CM21 E3 RS3 RA13 AR10 RA264 + 2 LACoFD Engines; CH9; 13 14; Brian Humphrey 10-04-22 02:45 PM

Update Structure Fire #SotoFire 10/04/2022 INC#0951 - Update #SotoFire Structure Fire; INC#0951; 02:55PM; 1308 S Soto St; ; #BoyleHeights; The injured LAFD firefighter has been taken to an area hospital in fair condition for further evaluation of what appears to be minor medical illness.; FS 17; Batt 1; Central Bureau; Council District 14; AR1 AR10 BC1 BC11 BC13 BC5 CM20 CM21 CM22 E10 E14 E17 E2 E202 E203 E209 E21 E210 E227 E266 E3 E89 EA1 EM1 EM11 HR3 RA13 RA17 RA264 RS3 SQ21 T10 T2 T27 T3 T66 T9 UR3 UR88 + 2 LACoFD Engines; CH7; 13 14; Brian Humphrey 10-04-22 02:55 PM

Update Greater Alarm Structure Fire #SotoFire 10/04/2022 INC#0951 - Update #SotoFire Greater Alarm Structure Fire; INC#0951; 04:40PM; 1308 S Soto St; ; #BoyleHeights; LAFD personnel remain at scene performing overhaul of smoldering debris and supporting the still active investigation. There are now a total of two LAFD personnel transported to an area hospital in fair condition for separate non-life threating injuries sustained during the earlier firefight, including the earlier mentioned LAFD Fire Captain still being evaluated for a sudden medical illness, and an LAFD Firefighter with a knee injury. No other injuries reported.; FS 17; Batt 1; Central Bureau; Council District 14; - Brian Humphrey 10-04-22 04:42 PM

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Timestamp Unit ID Unit Status
10-05-22 02:58 AM T12 Onscene
10-05-22 02:58 AM E212 Onscene
10-05-22 12:03 AM T94 Onscene
10-05-22 12:03 AM E294 Onscene
10-04-22 10:14 PM T95 Onscene

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Knockdown [verified]
10-04-22 02:44 PM | twix
injured firefighter being transported to hospital [verified]
10-04-22 02:37 PM | twix
One suspect has been detained [verified]
10-04-22 02:27 PM | twix