A fire destroyed two cars when it burned a row of garages early Monday in a neighborhood northeast of the USC campus.
The fire in an alley in the 500 block West 26th Street was knocked down in about 20 minutes. Firefighters protected nearby homes from the fire, which burned four detached garages.
There were no reports of injuries. Details about a cause were not immediately available.
Firefighters responded to the alley following a 911 call at 5:39 a.m. Resident Chris Flattum said he woke up to the sound of banging on his door and people shouting "fire."
"I walked outside, and there was this huge flame," Flattum said. "What do I take out of this room? What do I do now?
"In the end, we just waited and survived and it was fine."
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