"Things didn't seem right": Downtown Los Angeles explosion injures 11 firefighters

An explosion Saturday at a hash oil manufacturer in downtown Los Angeles injured 11 firefighters who had gone inside and on the roof to try to knock down a fire, and then had to run for their lives when a ball of flames shot out the building and scorched a fire truck across the street.

Los Angeles Fire Department Capt. Erik Scott said “one significant explosion” shook the neighborhood around 6:30 p.m. Firefighters inside had to run through a wall of flames he estimated as 30 feet high and wide, and those on the roof scrambled down a ladder that was engulfed in fire.

Fire Department Chief Ralph Terrazas said "They went interior and things didn't seem right. The smoke pressure was escalating. The heat was increasing in the rear of the occupancy. And when the member who was telling me this felt that, he was the officer, he directed everybody to immediately to get out of the building."

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