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An empty warehouse in Los Angeles, California, caught fire Sunday evening, with a fire raging through the ceiling as firefighters tried to tame the flames.
The mass fire started shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday in a building in the Woodland Hills neighborhood.
The fire fires through the roof of a warehouse in Los Angeles, California. (KTTV)
Images of the fire were captured from the burning building Sunday night as firefighters tried to put it out. Smoke from the warehouse could be seen from a distance, Fox 11 reported.
More than 80 firefighters intervened to fight the fire.
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The fire caused significant structural damage to the interior of the warehouse, making it difficult to access fire areas with hoses. The Los Angeles Fire Department said in a statement that the fire had risen to a “major state of emergency” Sunday night.
“The building is fully involved and the structural integrity of the building is starting to fail at least along one corner,” the fire department said in the statement.
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A firefighter fights a large warehouse fire in Los Angeles. (KTTV)
“There are no injuries or other threatened structures. Traffic will be severely affected in the area and drivers are advised to avoid the area. It will be a lengthy operation,” the department continued.
Firefighters were able to put out much of the fire in just over an hour, but fire crews continued to work on the fire, according to Fox 11.
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More than 80 firefighters were assigned to work on the massive Los Angeles warehouse fire. (KTTV)
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It is not yet clear what caused the fire. The fire and anti-terrorism division of the fire department is investigating.