'Very suspicious' fire erupts at Mar Vista strip mall that burned in 2017

MAR VISTA, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Firefighters extinguished a "very suspicious" structure fire Tuesday morning at a Mar Vista strip mall that had previously burned, officials said.

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded shortly before 5 a.m. to the blaze in the 3500 block of Centinela Avenue, the agency said, where one unit at the strip mall was involved in flames.
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There were no immediate reports of injuries.

The fire was extinguished in 27 minutes, according to the LAFD, adding that the structure had burned in 2017.
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Arson investigators were at the scene Tuesday as the effort to determine the cause got underway.