{"id":787150,"date":"2026-05-10T19:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787150\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T19:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T19:15:16","slug":"firefighter-injured-in-blaze-at-downtown-l-a-office-supplies-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/787150\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighter injured in blaze at downtown L.A. office supplies store"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Roughly 120 firefighters, including one hospitalized with minor injuries, battled a large fire that burned for hours Sunday morning inside a Downtown L.A. office supplies store, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. <\/p>\n<p>The blaze was reported about 4 a.m. at the two-story building with a mezzanine located at 1225 South Hope St. near West Pico Boulevard. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered heavy smoke and flames. <\/p>\n<p>Firefighters transitioned from offensive to defensive mode and used a remote-suppression robot to enter the building, LAFD spokesperson Jennifer Middleton said. Arson and emergency air units were also requested to the scene. <\/p>\n<p>            <img class=\"image\" alt=\"Los Angeles fire department firefighters battle a commercial building fire.\"   width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1778440516_771_.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>         <\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles fire department firefighters battle a commercial building fire in Downtown Los Angeles off South Hope Street that started at 4 a.m. on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>(Kayla Bartkowski\/Los Angeles Times)<\/p>\n<p>The blaze was contained by 5:52 a.m. However, the building\u2019s contents rekindled, said LAFD Chief Peter Hsiao. <\/p>\n<p>As of 10 a.m., firefighters remained at the scene \u201ctrying to remove paper from the building to stop it from catching on fire,\u201d Hsiao said.<\/p>\n<p>By 10:30 a.m., a Times photographer at the scene witnessed the building\u2019s roof collapse. By 11 a.m., the building was again engulfed in flames. <\/p>\n<p>The address is associated with Bluebird Office Supplies. A voicemail left for a number listed for the business owner was not returned immediately.<\/p>\n<p>No one was inside the building at the time of the blaze, Middleton added. <\/p>\n<p>The cause of the fire is under investigation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roughly 120 firefighters, including one hospitalized with minor injuries, battled a large fire that burned for hours Sunday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":787151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[9761,32809,7335,1582,276,3189,321699,12768,21380,321700,2961,321702,249280,224,2444,5337,27537,9260,321698,321701],"class_list":{"0":"post-787150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-a-m","9":"tag-arrival","10":"tag-blaze","11":"tag-ca","12":"tag-california","13":"tag-content","14":"tag-downtown-l-a-office","15":"tag-firefighter","16":"tag-flame","17":"tag-heavy-smoke","18":"tag-la","19":"tag-lafd-spokesperson-jennifer-middleton","20":"tag-large-fire","21":"tag-los-angeles","22":"tag-los-angeles-times","23":"tag-losangeles","24":"tag-paper","25":"tag-scene","26":"tag-two-story-building","27":"tag-west-pico-boulevard"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116551885857353561","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=787150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}