STORY: Firefighters in an industrial area of Los Angeles county battled to contain a large fire in an industrial community of South Gate, California on Sunday (May 24).

A tweet on X from the LA County Fire Department said there was a “2nd Alarm Commercial Building Fire” in a one story building, and that fire crews “are currently in a defensive mode”.

Aerial footage of the blaze showed firefighters on ladders and a rooftop pouring water down through columns of billowing black and grey smoke.

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SHOWS: SOUTH GATE, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 24, 2026) (ABC AFFILIATE KABC – No use USA. No archive.)

1. WIDE OF FIRE IN INDUSTRIAL AREA

2. FIREFIGHTER USING HOSE ON LADDER WITH SMOKE SWEEPING OVER HIM

3. FIRE BURNING BEHINDFENCE

4. WIDE OF FIRE WITH WATER HOSES POURING DOWN ON IT

5. FIREFIGHTER ON LADDER

6. WIDE OF FIRE WITH WATER HOSES POURING DOWN ON IT

7. FIRE BURNING BEHIND FENCE

8. WIDE OF FIRE WITH WATER HOSES POURING DOWN ON IT

9. VARIOUS OF TIGHT SHOTS OF FIRE BURNING

10. FIREFIGHTERS ON ROOF AND LADDER FIGHTING BLAZE

11 WIDE OF FIRE