FIRE DESTROYS NEW CARS.Byline: Daily News ATWATER VILLAGE -- At least 53 new cars were damaged or destroyed and one firefighter was injured Sunday in a spectacular blaze at a warehouse where area car dealers stored vehicles, a 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. official said. More than 150 firefighters spent about 50 minutes putting out the blaze, which started at about 2:30 p.m. in a wooden warehouse in the 4600 block of Brazil Street, LAFD LAFD Los Angeles Fire Department LAFD Los Alamos Fire Department LAFD London Association of Funeral Directors (UK) spokesman Brian Humphrey said. The fire spread to an outside area packed with new cars, he said. "They stored cars there bumper to bumper and doorknob to doorknob," Humphrey said. "Some vehicles just have melted tail-light lenses while others were completely destroyed." He said one firefighter was treated for lacerations to his hand and then released. The building was decrepit de·crep·it adj. Weakened, worn out, impaired, or broken down by old age, illness, or hard use. See Synonyms at weak. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin d and had no electrical utilities that could have sparked the blaze, which was under investigation, Humphrey said. A security guard at the site reported the fire and was working with investigators, he said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: Glendale and Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. city firefighters battle a blaze Sunday that started in an old warehouse at 4626 Brazil St. in Atwater Village. The fire spread to at least 53 new cars that were stored there, among them Jeeps, Chrylsers and Lincoln Town Cars The Lincoln Town Car is a rear wheel drive full-size luxury sedan and serves as the flagship of Ford's Lincoln luxury car division. Often referred to as a traditional American luxury sedan, the Town Car features a V8 engine, rear wheel drive, very generous exterior and interior . Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News |
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