Knockdown - #CanogaFire - Major Emergency Structure Fire 10/18/2021 INC#0791

Knockdown - #CanogaFire - Major Emergency Structure Fire; INC#0791; 01:33PM; 8425 N Canoga Av; https://bit.ly/3pdqy44; Canoga Park; It took 150 LAFD Firefighters just 75 minutes in defensive operations, to access, confine and extinguish heavy fire that consumed a 50' x 100' one-story commercial building, possibly the site of a marijuana grow operation. All three civilian patients are adult males, with severe burn injuries (two are in Critical condition, the other in Serious condition), who have been taken to area hospitals. No other injury reported. Though several vehicles were damaged by fire, LAFD crews were able to prevent flames from damaging other structures in the complex of multiple industrial buildings. Firefighters will remain at scene this afternoon to extinguish smoldering hotspots and assist with the active fire cause investigation. The name and nature of the business(es) involved within the one damaged structure, and their legal status to operate, has yet to be determined. LAFD Public Information Officer Captain Erik Scott in on scene, with Media Staging on Canoga Avenue just east of the fire. #LATraffic - Street Closure: One or more lanes of Canoga Avenue will remain closed between Roscoe Boulevard and Parthenia Street LAFD operations are complete, unknown duration. Expect congestion and delay. Please avoid the immediate area and consider an alternate route.; FS 104; Batt 17; Valley Bureau; Council District 3; AR1 AR12 AR15 AR21 BC10 BC12 BC15 BC17 BC5 CE83 CM41 CM42 E103 E104 E105 E106 E107 E227 E273 E288 E290 E293 E296 E298 E305 E72 E84 E87 E88 E93 EA1 EM12 EM15 EM17 EM18 HE1 HL7 HR3 JT2 JT3 PI1 RA105 RA106 RA72 RA73 RA84 RA896 RA93 RA96 RS3 SQ21 T105 T27 T73 T87 T88 T90 T93 T96 T98 UR27 UR88; CH8; 12 13 17 18; Brian Humphrey