At around 2 am on Thursday, September 10, 2009
a fire broke out at The Echo Park Plaza located at 1411 Echo Park Ave/Montana St.
A few minutes earlier there was the sound of breaking glass bottles.
As it is in
Echo Park, the sound echoes around the neighborhood of Echo Park, making it hard to pin point where it is coming from.
Then past 2:30 am a fire truck siren sounded off stopping on Echo Park, at the end we must have more then 8 fire trucks.
Apparently the fire seems to have started inside the Dry Cleaners area. The donut shop was spared, however the fire did spread on the roof top to the side businesses.
The donut folks got there at around 1:30 am but they only found out as they started to see the fire department lights. No one was hurt. One of the property owners Mr. Scott was notified immediately.
The extend of the damage is still being determined. We are so fortunate to have two fire departments so close by. Many thanks to the LAPD and to the Fire Departments.
Picture and story by Rosie Betanzos
