120 Firefighters Battle Major Blaze in Central-Alameda

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — More than 120 firefighters battled a major commercial-building fire in the Central-Alameda neighborhood early Monday morning, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.

Read the LAFD alert: https://lafd.org/alerts

The Fire, The Response, The Spread

The Fire Department posted the fire at 1:02 a.m. on Nov. 9, 2026, at 5505 S. Alameda St. in Central-Alameda, logging it as a structure fire under incident number 0060.

The first unit to arrive reported a 100-foot-by-100-foot commercial building fully involved, with crews operating in offensive mode.

The fire grew to a major emergency, with more than 120 firefighters working in a defensive posture for the majority of the blaze. The Los Angeles County Fire Department worked alongside Los Angeles firefighters to bring the growing fire under control.

In its latest update, the Fire Department said the initial blaze had extended into an adjacent structure. Firefighters were operating in offensive mode in the exposed occupancy, attacking the fire from the interior to control any further spread, while continuing to work in a defensive posture in the structure of origin.

The Scene, The Crews, What's Next

The response drew crews from Fire Station 21, Battalion 13, and the South Bureau, in Council District 9.

The Fire Department's public information officer was en route to the scene, with an estimated arrival of 3:30 a.m. A media staging location had not yet been set.

The department had not reported any injuries, a cause, or the name of the business in the building, and had not reported a knockdown. The incident was still developing when the department posted its latest update.

The Fire Department posts updates on the incident at lafd.org/alerts.

Sources

Los Angeles Fire Department, "MAJOR EMERGENCY Structure Fire 11/09/2026 INC#0060," November 9, 2026: https://lafd.org/alerts