Firefighters responded at 2:40 p.m. to a reported fire at a tire recycling facility on Industrial Avenue in South Gate. Thick black smoke rose as crews worked to contain the blaze. Fire crews took a defensive position after arriving. A shelter-in-place order was issued for the surrounding community, with residents urged to stay indoors, keep doors and windows closed, and keep pets inside. The South Gate Police Department asked residents to avoid areas around Gardendale and Industrial streets while first responders worked at the scene. The cause of the fire and whether anyone was inside at the time were not yet known.
"The Los Angeles County Fire Department said in a post on X that it responded at 2:40 p.m. to a report of a fire at the facility in the 11800 block of Industrial Avenue. Upon arrival, crews took a defensive position."
"County Supervisor Janice Hahn said a shelter-in-place order had been issued for the surrounding community and urged people to stay indoors with their pets and keep the doors and windows closed, in a post on X."
"The South Gate Police Department asked residents to avoid the areas of Gardendale and Industrial streets, and noted that first responders from the Los Angeles County Fire Department and the South Gate Police Department were at the scene."
"There is no word on what sparked the blaze or whether there were people in the facility at the time the fire started."
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