Fire in Los Angeles Chinatown Displaces Dozens; LAFD Arson Team Investigating

Published on September 15, 2024

LOS ANGELES—Officials were providing assistance Saturday to those affected by a raging fire that damaged a vacant three-story apartment building under construction in Chinatown, along with other buildings in the neighborhood. A 90-year-old man was in critical condition after being injured in the fire, which broke out around 3:45 p.m. Friday in the 700 block of West New Depot Street, near the 800 block of North Bunker Hill Avenue and east of the Harbor (110) Freeway. The flames spread to a three-story apartment building on the east side of that structure and also damaged three other buildings on the south side and the west side, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department....