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Victorian home catches fire in Pico-Union area of LA
by City News Service
LOS ANGELES — Fire spread quickly through a vacant home in the Pico-Union area early Tuesday morning before firefighters were able to extinguish the flames.
Crews went to 1218 Arapahoe St., near Pico Boulevard and Hoover Street, at 2:08 a.m. and found heavy fire coming from the home, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Heavy fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, burned a Victorian home on Arapahoe Street, near Pico Boulevard and Hoover Street, in the Pico-Union area of Los Angeles. (Photo by Rick McClure/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)
Heavy fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, burned a Victorian home on Arapahoe Street, near Pico Boulevard and Hoover Street, in the Pico-Union area of Los Angeles. (Photo by Rick McClure/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)
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Heavy fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, burned a Victorian home on Arapahoe Street, near Pico Boulevard and Hoover Street, in the Pico-Union area of Los Angeles. (Photo by Rick McClure/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)
Heavy fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, burned a Victorian home on Arapahoe Street, near Pico Boulevard and Hoover Street, in the Pico-Union area of Los Angeles. (Photo by Rick McClure/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)
Heavy fire on Tuesday, July 14, 2020, burned a Victorian home on Arapahoe Street, near Pico Boulevard and Hoover Street, in the Pico-Union area of Los Angeles. (Photo by Rick McClure/Special to the Los Angeles Daily News)
About 2:30 a.m., the fire was declared a greater alarm fire with 94 firefighters assigned, she said.
The approximately 2,300-square-foot Victorian home was built in 1900. Its balloon-style construction allowed the fire to move quickly up the walls, Stewart said.
Balloon style construction uses long vertical wood frames that extend from the foundation to the roof.
A knockdown was called at 2:46 a.m., she said.
No injuries were reported, and the cause of the fire was under investigation.
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