EAST HOLLYWOOD: Fire Scorches Abandoned Building

[image: Screen Shot 2019-01-30 at 9.35.33 AM.png] Crews are cleaning up what’s left of a building fire that is now causing a traffic mess in East Hollywood this morning. Firefighters were called to an abandoned building along the 300 block of North Vermont Avenue just before 9:00 AM, according to the LAFD. That is where they found heavy fire showing. This is not the first time the building has caught fire, according the to LAFD. It took crews about 25 minutes to knock down the fire. It’s unclear what caused the fire. All lanes along Vermont Avenue just north of Beverly Boulevard remains shut down as the investigation continues,