STATE : Fire Guts East L.A. Court Offices
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A two-alarm blaze gutted the record and court clerk offices at the East Los Angeles Municipal Court building this morning, destroying valuable documents and clerical equipment and causing about $500,000 in damages, a court spokesman said.
The fire, which broke out about 1:15 a.m. in the court administrator’s office at the north end of the complex, is believed to have resulted from arson, the spokesman said. No one was injured in the blaze, but clerks and attorneys said the damage to the one-story building and the documents will create an immense backlog.
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