1of5A firefighter battles a fire at at commercial yard in Compton, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. A huge fire visible across Los Angeles burned material in a commercial yard and parked buses early Friday. The inferno erupted in Compton before dawn and consumed what appeared to be stacks of pallets in a very large industrial yard.Ringo H.W. Chiu/APShow MoreShow Less2of5Firefighters from the Downey Fire Department battle a fire at at commercial yard in Compton, Calif., on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. A huge fire visible across Los Angeles burned material in a commercial yard and parked buses early Friday. The inferno erupted in Compton before dawn and consumed what appeared to be stacks of pallets in a very large industrial yard.Ringo H.W. Chiu/APShow MoreShow Less
3of54of5In this view from Los Angeles, smoke rises in the distance from a fire at at commercial yard in Compton, Calif., Friday, Feb. 26, 2021. A huge fire visible across Los Angeles burned material in an commercial yard and parked buses early Friday. The inferno erupted in Compton before dawn and consumed what appeared to be stacks of pallets in a very large industrial yard.John Antczak/APShow MoreShow Less
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COMPTON, Calif. (AP) — A huge fire visible across Los Angeles burned material in an commercial yard and parked buses early Friday.
The inferno erupted in Compton before dawn and consumed what appeared to be stacks of pallets in a very large industrial yard.
Flames then spread to buses parked in a lot next door. About a dozen appeared to be on fire.
Firefighters directed streams of water onto the flames as a massive column of smoke rose straight up and then spread widely across the metropolitan area.
Units from multiple fire departments were on the scene.
