Kitchen fire causes alarming plume of smoke to rise from City National Tower in downtown L.A.
An ominous cloud of smoke that rose from the City National Tower in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday was caused by a kitchen fire, officials said.
A Twitter user shared a photo Thursday morning of smoke coming out of the building on Flower Street and said: “That doesn’t look good.”
The Los Angeles Fire Department quickly took to Twitter to assure everyone that it was only a small fire. They received the call at about 10:58 a.m. and determined the fire was in a restaurant in the food court, fire officials said.
Firefighters were there about 15 minutes and there were no reported injuries.
The City National Tower, along with its twin Paul Hastings Tower, make up what is now known as City National Plaza. The properties were originally called ARCO Plaza.
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