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Eight firefighters injured in Venice storage facility fire

Eight firefighters were injured battling an intense 13-hour fire at a storage facility Venice.

One firefighter suffered a back injury and heat blisters, and two were slightly burned. The other injuries were heat exhaustion, as the confined spaces, concrete walls, steel doors and metal ceilings confronted firefighters with blast oven-like heat in contained spaces.

Belongings locked behind steel doors in hundreds of upper-floor storage units were igniting due to the heat, forcing firefighters to use diamond-tipped rotary saws to open dozens of locked metal doors, firefighters said.

“While the bulk of flame was controlled within six hours, contents of the highly compartmentalized building have continued to smolder,” the department stated in a news update issued after sunrise. “Full extinguishment of the blaze is anticipated Sunday morning.”

The blaze was reported at 7:37 p.m. Saturday at Extra Space Storage, 658 Venice Blvd. Arriving firefighters found black smoke billowing from the two-story facility.

Firefighters fought the intense heat and flames overnight and into the early morning today, said Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

“Firefighters battled until they were low on air and had to exit to get new air bottles, then rejoined the fight,” Scott said. “Continual waves of additional firefighters were repeatedly ordered.”

As the fire fight continued, Venice Boulevard remained closed to traffic between Abbott Kinney and Lincoln boulevards.

The building’s metal roof hampered vertical ventilation efforts and caused the fire to burn extremely hot. Firefighters used diamond-tipped rotary saw blades to cut through the structure’s walls amid dark and smoky conditions, Scott said

Late Saturday, firefighters took up a defensive posture, pouring water on the flames from outside the building, Scott said.

More than 300 firefighters were battling the blaze.

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