Structure Fire in Koreatown, Los Angeles

Additional Information

Incident Type: Structure Fire
Initial Dispatch: Smoke Investigation
Timestamp: 02-04-24 02:15 PM

Neighborhood: Koreatown
Address: 560 S Vermont Ave
Intersection: S Vermont Av x W 6th St

Council District: Heather Hutt (10)
LAFD: Central (FS13, BC11)
LAPD: Olympic (2029)

Latitude/Longitude: 34.0639, -118.2914

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LAFD Press Release

KNOCKDOWN Greater Alarm Structure Fire 02/04/2024 INC#0803 - KNOCKDOWN Greater Alarm Structure Fire; INC#0803; 02:15PM; 560 S Vermont Av; #Koreatown; Firefighters responded to a 13-story boarded-up high-rise building with smoke showing from the upper floors. Crews located a large amount of rubbish burning on the first floor. The smoke filled the building all the way up to the top floor, where the smoke found a way out of the sealed high rise building. Firefighters quickly extinguished the rubbish, but will now be performing a complex ventilation operation to evacuate the smoke from all 13 floors. Firefighters found several people inside, who were effectively rescued. Ultimately, it took 78 firefighters 30 minutes to access, confine, and extinguish the flames. No reported injuries. Cause under investigation.; FS 13; Batt 11; Central Bureau; Council District 10; BC1 BC11 BC18 BC706 CM20 CM22 E11 E13 E20 E211 E220 E226 E227 E229 E26 E261 E29 E3 E52 E6 E87 EA1 EM1 EM11 EM14 EM5 HR3 RA11 RA13 RA3 RA52 RA6 RA803 RA811 RA813 SO1 SQ21 SQ87 T11 T20 T26 T27 T29 T61 UR3 UR88; CH7; 13 14 16; Nicholas Prange 02-04-24 03:18 PM