Summer Lin – Los Angeles TimesMore than 100 firefighters put out a fire at a two-story building Tuesday in Los Angeles that prompted evacuations, according to authorities. The blaze was threatening a neighboring four-story apartment building so commanders ordered firefighters to defend it, the department said. Three of the 41 units in the apartment building were yellow-tagged, authorities said. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation provided DASH buses as temporary shelter for displaced residents while the city’s housing authority and local chapter of the American Red Cross helped with food and relocation needs. Viramontes, who lives in the adjacent apartment building, saw a woman hunched over something two hours before the fire started.

Source: Los Angeles Times January 15, 2026 11:37 UTC