Posted on 05/24/2026 5:21:57 PM PDT by CFW
A shelter-in-place order has been issued as crews with the Los Angeles County Fire Department battle a large two-alarm fire in an industrial building in South Gate Sunday.
The fire was first reported around 2 p.m., with units arriving in the 18000 block of Industrial Avenue to find a one-story building fully engulfed in flames. Heavy smoke prompted crews to take a defensive approach to the blaze.
Officials with the South Gate Police Department issued a shelter-in-place order for residents and businesses around Garfield Avenue and Imperial Highway.
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Mayor Boss’s scorched earth policy? Pratt can be mayor of Los Ash-geles.
Shelter in LA, evacuate Orange County.
Shelter in Place = WE WANT YOU TO DIE!...............
Place you head between your legs, and kiss your butt goodbye.
From the news video, it looks like a junkyard fire to me.
There may be something to the conspiracy theories that they are trying to burn out LA so it can be taken over by the state for low income housing.
Quick, cancel the mayoral election!
Sorry, The emergency is in Orange County. If it blows it will NOT effect LA county.
Read the article.
FUNNY HOW THIS IS ALL ON A HOLIDAY WEEKEND.
DO THOSE HYDRANTS HAVE WATER???????????
They want LA to be the premier 15 minute city to be the model for all other cities they have planned Nobody owns anything and you can’t drive.
Quick, cancel the World Cup and the Olympics.
She is the mayor of the City of Los Angeles. South Gate is a separate city. The current mayor of South Gate is Joshua Barron. The South Gate mayor serves for one year. It is a rotating office.
I like that idea.
He looks just like my racoon.
He looks just like my racoon.
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