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BOYLE HEIGHTS, Calif. (KABC) — A dramatic fire involving solar panels erupted Wednesday afternoon on a commercial building in Boyle Heights, sending a massive black column of smoke into the air above the scene.
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The inferno began shortly before 2:30 p.m. at a cold storage facility in the 1400 block of South Los Palos Street.
Los Angeles Fire Department firefighters were initially in offensive mode and for a time seemed to have gotten the upper hand on the flames. The fire later flared up in a major way, however, sending the firefighters into defensive mode.
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“All units were called off the roof and out of the interior,” the LAFD said in a statement.
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No injuries were immediately reported.
The cause of the fire was unknown.