RIo Vista Incident (LAFD)
Los Angeles Firefighters battled a Major Emergency Fire in a large one-story commercial building in Boyle Heights.
3/10/16: Major Emergncy Commercial Structrue Fire, 1566 S Rio Vista Avenue. 150’ x 250’ crescent shaped conventional one-story commercial building. E17 had heavy fire showing on arrival and requested 3 additional task forces. It was a defensive firefight, with approximately a dozen heavy streams operating. Structural collapse soon followed on the Alpha side threatening E17s rig. Extension was stopped before the fire was able to extend to a similar attached exposure to the west (120' x 120' irregular) Tome of alarm 1947hrs. Knockdown in 2 hours and 14 minutes. No injuries
Dispatched Units: E17 RA17 E25 E2 RA2 E9 T9 E210 T10 BC1 BC11 E11 E21 E4 E221 T21 E203 T3 CM22 E211 T11 EM1 BC13 E3 UR3 HR56 T27 E227 UR88 BC5 AR1 T15 E215 T35 E235 E14 E10 RA14 RA21 EM13 SQ21 HU59 CM21 AR21 BC18 BC2 E226 T26 E12 E202 T2 E29 RA13 RA20 EA1 SU2 T12 E212 T63 E263 E37 E95.
Read More3/10/16: Major Emergncy Commercial Structrue Fire, 1566 S Rio Vista Avenue. 150’ x 250’ crescent shaped conventional one-story commercial building. E17 had heavy fire showing on arrival and requested 3 additional task forces. It was a defensive firefight, with approximately a dozen heavy streams operating. Structural collapse soon followed on the Alpha side threatening E17s rig. Extension was stopped before the fire was able to extend to a similar attached exposure to the west (120' x 120' irregular) Tome of alarm 1947hrs. Knockdown in 2 hours and 14 minutes. No injuries
Dispatched Units: E17 RA17 E25 E2 RA2 E9 T9 E210 T10 BC1 BC11 E11 E21 E4 E221 T21 E203 T3 CM22 E211 T11 EM1 BC13 E3 UR3 HR56 T27 E227 UR88 BC5 AR1 T15 E215 T35 E235 E14 E10 RA14 RA21 EM13 SQ21 HU59 CM21 AR21 BC18 BC2 E226 T26 E12 E202 T2 E29 RA13 RA20 EA1 SU2 T12 E212 T63 E263 E37 E95.
