Commercial building fire reignites in Vernon

Firefighters are back at Verdun Warehouse this morning, knocking down a fire that flared up again. Let's get to Sandra right now to get an update on the situation there. Sandra. Hi there, yes, we're waiting for official word on the latest right now, they're setting up for a news conference. But before that, let me show you the scene here on the ground. As you can see, a lot of progress was made in the last hour or so because of the fact that fire crews were responding here earlier this morning at around 4 o'clock when a flare up happened. Now keep in mind the initial call came yesterday morning at around 1 AM, and for hours more than 200 firefighters really tackled this blaze on 55th Street and South Alameda, that's when a fire A fire broke out at this Industrial site, this is the site of Bel Air Floor Wooding, wood floor, excuse me. So there's a lot of combustible material inside. You have wood panels, vinyl, all the material that's used to glue everything together as well. So that's why it's been such a challenge for firefighters to really tamp down the blaze. And there's so many hot spots inside where fire crews say that it just flares up depending on the shifting movement of the material inside. The sanitation crews here, also DWP trying to restore energy lines and power lines that have been impacting this neighborhood as well. So clearly a very active scene. This area is going to remain this way for a couple of days according to fire officials because of the fact they have to monitor this situation. All day long, again today, to make sure that all those hot spots do remain settled down and intact before they can really clear the crews from this area. And interesting to note, the sanitation crews go in there, the heavy equipment brings out the debris and the material, and then all of that is just piled onto the street here on South Alameda to dry out, to cool down before it's taken away to the dumpster. So a very drawn out process here because of the fact that Such a big scene and a big building in terms of the square footage, also what's inside of the warehouse as well. So again, we are waiting to hear official word on the latest information, but the good Despite the fact that this fire has lasted for more than a day now, going into day two, there are no injuries to report, and thankfully, they do seem to have everything contained. Just keeping a watchful eye on this and making sure that no flare-ups happen again. That is the latest from here. Let's send it back to you. Okay, Sandra, thank you.