On Wednesday, December 7, 2005, at 2253 HRS, eleven companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, one Assistant Chief Officer Command Team, four Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, one Hazmat Squad, two Battalion EMS Captains, four LAFD Rescue Ambulances, and one Arson Unit, under the direction Assistant Chief John Ware, responded to a Greater Alarm Structure Fire at 1037 ½ South Irolo Street in the Pico Heights area.
First units on the scene reported a two-story 4-Plex, with fire showing from one unit on the second floor. Using handlines Firefighters enter the involved unit and aggressively attacked fire and extinguished it in approximately nineteen minutes. A forty-year old occupant of the involved unit was treated and released on the scene for minor smoke inhalation and no other injuries were reported. As a result of the fire ten adults and three children were displaced and the American Red Cross has been requested to assist with temporary placement. The cause of the fire has been listed as undetermined. Fire damage is estimated at $35,000. ($30,000 structure and $5,000 contents)