Fire Rips Through Boyle Heights Business

More than 90 firefighters battled heavy flames before extinguishing a fire at a Boyle Heights business early Sunday.

The blaze was reported around 2:40 a.m. at Barrios Castings Company located in the 1400 block of South Lorena Street, according to a news release from the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Firefighters forced their way through security gates and rolling steel doors to battle the fire at the 7,200 square foot masonry building, officials said. It took about one hour for 92 firefighters to put out the blaze.

No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
 

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