Firefighter Injured While Battling Pallet Fire In Downtown Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - Firefighters Saturday battled an intense blaze consisting of wooden pallets in downtown Los Angeles.

Fire crews responded at 3:15 a.m. to 1220 S. Mateo St. where they encountered a 100-foot x 100-foot outside area of stored wooden pallets on fire, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey.

It took 81 firefighters to extinguish the fire in 55 minutes, Humphrey said.

A fire captain suffered an ankle injury during the firefight and was taken to a local hospital in fair condition, Humphrey said.

No other injuries were reported.

A section of Caltrans railing serving the nearby westbound Santa Monica (10) Freeway was disfigured by the fire but no other structures were damaged, authorities said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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