2 Long Beach firefighters injured battling blaze at strip mall

Saturday, October 8, 2022
LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- Two firefighters were hospitalized in unknown condition after battling a third-alarm fire early Saturday morning at a strip mall in Long Beach, officials said.

Firefighters were dispatched shortly before 4:30 a.m. to the structure fire in the 5600 block of Atlantic Avenue.
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News video from the scene showed flames and smoke emanating from the roof of the building.

Paramedics rushed the injured firefighters to a hospital. No other injuries were reported.

The estimated damage caused by the incident was described as significant but a specific figure was not immediately available.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation.

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