Huge Fire Destroys Downtown Los Angeles Building

ummmmmmm so this just happened #dtla #fire #losangeles

A photo posted by eric wilson (@thewilsonian) on Dec 12, 2014 at 1:55am PST

More than 250 firefighters were called to the scene of a huge seven-story apartment complex fire in downtown Los Angeles in the early hours Monday morning. No one was injured and the blaze could be seen from miles away…

This shot really captures the size of the fire tonight in downtown LA https://t.co/dcJYfSHOTe pic.twitter.com/07UVZJtWWf — Jon Passantino (@passantino) December 8, 2014

L.A. fire Capt. Rick Godinez told The L.A. Times, “It looked like a bomb had just exploded.”

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A video posted by Man Called Sun (@rkidkin) on Dec 12, 2014 at 1:52am PST

Photos, Video: Massive Downtown LA Apartment Fire Causes Partial Freeway Closures http://t.co/PlSwCvYcqB via @LAist pic.twitter.com/461GEYjeKp — Gothamist (@Gothamist) December 8, 2014

The building had 1.3 million square feet of floor space, and, according to officials, two-thirds of it was consumed by the fire – which also resulted in closed roads and partial closures of the 101 and 110 highways.

UPDATE: More than 250 fire fighters are currently battling the Downtown LA blaze. http://t.co/0Lv8K6PlK9 #9News pic.twitter.com/nzzF1ZGunO — Nine News Australia (@9NewsAUS) December 8, 2014