Overview
- A large fire tore through a two-story commercial building at 1225 S. Hope St., where crews met heavy flames and smoke and then pulled back for safety.
- Commanders switched to defensive tactics, which keep firefighters outside when a structure may be unstable, and called in arson and emergency air units.
- The blaze was knocked down after roughly two hours in an operation that involved about 124 LAFD firefighters.
- Officials said one firefighter was hospitalized with minor injuries after retracting initial reports that three people had been transported.
- Hope Street remains closed for mop-up and a nearby high-rise was told to shelter in place as investigators work to determine the cause.