CREWS RESPOND EN MASSE TO HIGH-RISE BLAZE.Byline: Daily News WOODLAND HILLS -- More than two dozen fire companies responded to an electrical fire on the 17th floor of a high-rise building high-rise building Multistory building taller than the maximum height people are willing to walk up, thus requiring vertical mechanical transportation. The introduction of safe passenger elevators made practical the erection of buildings more than four or five stories tall. at the Warner Center office complex Monday evening, but no one was hurt, authorities said. Swarms of emergency workers appeared at the 20-story building at 21700 Oxnard St. at about 7 p.m. after an automatic alarm system was triggered, said Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. Capt. Carlos Calvillo. Firefighters rescued one woman who was trapped in an elevator elevator, in machinery elevator, in machinery, device for transporting people or goods from one level to another. The term is applied to the enclosed structures as well as the open platforms used to provide vertical transportation in buildings, large ships, for at least 90 minutes, Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said. The woman was in an elevator that serviced floors 12-20 and became stuck at about the fourth floor, Humphrey said. Carrying at least 100 pounds of gear, dozens of firefighters climbed the stairs to the 17th floor. The blaze BLAZE - A single assignment language for parallel processing. ["The BLAZE Language: A Parallel Language for Scientific Programming", P. Mehrotra <mehrotra@csrd.uiuc.edu> et al, J Parallel Comp 5(3):339-361 (Nov 1987)]. also was fought from the rooftop. About 40 people evacuated e·vac·u·ate v. e·vac·u·at·ed, e·vac·u·at·ing, e·vac·u·ates v.tr. 1. a. To empty or remove the contents of. b. To create a vacuum in. 2. the building on their own as smoke filled floors 16 through 20, Calvillo said. Calvillo said damage to the office building was minimal and an investigation was under way to determine the cause. |
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