A fire that broke out in a mixed commercial use building in Hollywood on Tuesday, sending a huge plume of smoke over the area, was knocked down in roughly two hours, but not before it caused significant damage.
A Los Angeles city firefighter climbs to the end of a truck ladder to direct water on a fire in two-story commercial building in Hollywood. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Onlookers cover their faces for protection from the smoke coming from a fire at a commercial building in Hollywood on Tuesday morning. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A Los Angeles firefighter keeps an eye on the flames rising from a two-story commercial building in the 5400 block of Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
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A firefighter trains his hose on a fire in a two-story commercial building on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A fire engine extends its ladder for a firefighter perched on top to get an overview of the fire. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
Firefighters and equipment surround a building building on Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
A Los Angeles Fire Department battalion chief walks through part of the burned-out two-story commercial building in the 5400 block of Santa Monica Boulevard in Hollywood. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)
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Two Los Angeles City firefighters stand amid a tangle of hoses after fighting a fire in a two-story commercial building in Hollywood. (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)