A portion of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles, between Alameda Street and Santa Fe Avenue, remains closed after a pallet warehouse fire Saturday morning.
The fire, reported around 12:20 a.m., tore through two storage lots in an industrial area under the freeway, burning parked cars, stacks of wooden pallets and support poles for high-voltage power lines, said Los Angeles Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley.
The freeway pillars are charred and peeling, and the railings are twisted and blackened. The 10 Freeway in the area is expected to remain closed for three to five weeks.
Traffic officers direct commuters at the intersection of Alameda and Olympic in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. The 10 freeway near downtown Los Angeles remains closed as engineers test the extent of the damage after a large fire broke out under the freeway Saturday. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)Workers remove burned debris from under the 10 freeway on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. (Photo by David Crane/MediaNews Group/Los Angeles Daily News via Getty Images)Traffic is diverted from the 10 Freeway just West of the site of a large pallet fire that burned below, shutting the damaged area of the freeway. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Aerial views of the 10 Freeway days after a large pallet fire burned below, shutting the freeway to traffic. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Fire damage is viewed beneath the closed I-10 elevated freeway following a large pallet fire, which occurred Saturday at a storage yard, on November 13, 2023 in Los Angeles, California.Fire damage is viewed beneath the closed I-10 elevated freeway following a large pallet fire, which occurred Saturday at a storage yard, on November 13, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. The 10 Freeway is closed after a fire in November 2023. More than 160 firefighters from more than two dozen agencies responded to the fire, which spanned 8 acres. Photo: RMGNewsAerial views of the 10 Freeway a day after a large pallet fire burned below, shutting the freeway to traffic in downtown Los Angeles, Sunday, November 12, 2023. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)A portion of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles, between Alameda Street and Santa Fe Avenue, remains closed after a pallet warehouse fire Saturday morning.Los Angeles firefighters mop up from a fire under Interstate 10 that severely damaged the freeway in an industrial zone near downtown Los Angeles, Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023. Los Angeles firefighters continue to assess the damage from a fire under Interstate 10 near downtown Los Angeles, CA November 12, 2023. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)A worker walks up a normally busy off ramp assessing the damage from a fire under Interstate 10 near downtown Los Angeles, CA November 12, 2023. A section of the 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles that was damaged in a devastating fire over the weekend will remain closed indefinitely until repairs can be made, posing major traffic challenges for the region. (Francine Orr/ Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Aerial views of the 10 Freeway a day after a large pallet fire burned below, shutting the freeway to traffic. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Los Angeles, CA, Sunday, November 12, 2023 - Aerial views of the 10 Freeway a day after a large pallet fire burned below, shutting the freeway to traffic. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)Fire Engine 17 that got burnt in a massive pallet fire under I-10 Freeway overpass at 1700 block of East 14th Street on Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
