Fire rips through Burbank smoke shop; Victory Boulevard closed
Firefighters made progress early Friday on a three-alarm blaze that ripped through a Burbank smoke shop.
The fire was reported around 3:30 a.m. at Wholesale Giant at Victory Boulevard and Manning Street, just south of Bob Hope Airport, KTLA-TV reported. The business is a wholesale market that sells items including tobacco, restaurant supplies and candy.
Firefighters arrived to find heavy fire inside the building, which then spread to the attic, compromising the roof. Fire crews battled the flames with hoses from outside to keep the fire from spreading.
The Burbank Fire Department was on scene, along with Verdugo Fire and crews from Glendale, Pasadena and South Pasadena, the TV station reported.
-- L.A. Times/KTLA-TV