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Morning Toy District Fire Knocked Down Quickly

By Eric Richardson
Published: Thursday, June 26, 2008, at 11:02AM

Fire at 117 E. Winston Eric Richardson [Flickr]

A passerby surveys the ruined merchandise brought outside 117 E. Winston, site of the morning fire.

DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES — Residents of the Old Bank District got a noisy surprise this morning, as 73 firefighters responded to a fire at 117 E. Winston. The building, on the north side of Winston between Main and Los Angeles, is primarily used as a warehouse.

LAFD worked quickly, issuing a notice of smoke showing at 8:12am, and a notice for the knockdown at 8:40am.

As of just a few minutes ago, Winston and a stretch of Los Angeles street remained closed, with crews cleaning up and packing their gear. Piles of soggy, colorful toys were strewn on the sidewalk, and a stream of water ran toward the gutter on Los Angeles street.

Externally, damage to the structure did not appear major.

SEE ALSO: Joe Cornish writes up the fire from his vantage point in the San Fernando building.


Fire at 117 E. Winston Eric Richardson

Looking east on Winston street from Main as crews lay out their hoses for packing.

Fire at 117 E. Winston Eric Richardson

The exterior of the building showed few signs of the fire that had occurred within.


Comments

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Daniel Banales writes:

VIDEO of the fire on www.Downtown.LA here: http://www.downtown.la/spps/ahpg.cfm?spgid=8

# on Jun.26.2008 AT 06:26 PM

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