TORRANCE, Calif. (KABC) -- A tanker fire erupted Thursday morning at an industrial yard in Harbor Gateway, sending a massive plume of thick black smoke high into the air above the South Bay.
According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the blaze began shortly before 9:30 a.m. in the 1100 block of Knox Street.
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No injuries were reported, nor were any evacuation orders issued.
Firefighters extinguished the stubborn flames, fueled by insulation in an apparently empty tank, in just under an hour.
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The cause of the blaze is unknown.