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Little Tokyo in LA has possible multiple buildings blowing up!
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Update: 230+ LAFD firefighters responding/at scene. Two medical copters staged on LAPD Hooper Heliport. @NBCLA aerial footage shows at least 10 gurneys staged and at least 5 tillers w/ stick extended.
CBS TV
KTLA Channel 5 is also updating.
Update from the Daily Mail at 9:35 a.m. EDT:
- A major fire broke out in Little Tokyo/downtown area of Los Angeles on Saturday at a hash oil supplier
- Blaze occurred close to Skid Row residents, senior and low income housing forcing people to shelter indoors
- Eleven firefighters were injured after an explosion occurred without warning while fire was being tackled
- The fire has resulted in a massive response by the LA Fire Department with 230 firefighters now at the scene
- The building was a warehouse for SmokeTokes, a supplier of 'butane honey oil'
- Butane is an odorless gas that easily ignites, and it's used in the process to extract the high-inducing chemical THC from cannabis plants to create a highly potent concentrate also known as hash oil
Posted by: 3dc 2020-05-17 |
