Overview
- Pratt’s crystals office in the Highlands Circle complex at 1515 Palisades Drive caught fire on Thursday and multiple Los Angeles Fire Department units responded with arson personnel on scene and no injuries reported.
- Pratt publicly described the blaze as “no accident” and suggested it could be a political reprisal after his recent Los Angeles mayoral campaign, saying the timing was suspicious.
- Fire officials have not determined a cause and the investigation remains active, with the LAFD Arson Unit continuing to examine evidence from the scene.
- The complex’s superintendent and eyewitnesses reported seeing two people exit the building shortly before the fire and a tenant shared video showing a nearby unhoused person, and the superintendent said he did not believe the incident was related to Pratt’s campaign.
- City records show the building had a February permit filing for remediation and a prior September code enforcement notice for an open vacant building, and investigators say those documents and the renovation work will be reviewed as part of the probe.