On Thursday, Feb. 9, 2006 at 1:36 a.m., 13 companies of Los Angeles firefighters, one Arson Unit, one Urban Search and Rescue Unit, one Hazardous Materials Team, one EMS Battalion Captain, three Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, and one Assistant Chief Officer Command Team, under the direction of Battalion Commander Robert Franco, responded to a reported structure fire at 1227 S. Irolo Street in the Pico Heights/Koreatown area.
First units on the scene reported a two-story four-plex with the front exterior of the structure well involved in fire and spreading rapidly into the interior of the first and second floor units. Firefighters using handlines aggressively attacked the exterior fire as it extended rapidly to the second floor balcony, the eaves, the attic, and into all four units of the four-plex. The fire was confined to the four-plex and extinguished in approximately twenty-seven minutes. As a result of the fire and significant damage to all four apartment units, ten people were displaced.
The American Red Cross was requested to assist the displaced occupants. No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is listed as Undetermined and Under Investigation. Fire damage is estimated at $230,000. ($200,000 structure and $30,000 contents)