Firefighters were inside a downtown Los Angeles business that was on fire Saturday evening when a huge explosion hit.
injuring 11 first responders and raising questions about the cause of the blast, fire officials said.
Firefighters first received a call about 6:30 p.m. about a structure fire in the 300 block of Boyd Street south of Little Tokyo. Eleven firefighters were receiving treatment for burn injuries, Scott said. All were taken to County-USC Medical Center. At a news conference at the hospital late Saturday night, Mayor Eric Garcetti said three of the firefighters sustained critical but not life-threatening injuries.
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