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House fire in Palos Verdes Estates
Crews worked to knock down a house fire in the South Bay on Friday morning.
PALOS VERDES ESTATES, Calif. - Crews worked to knock down a house fire in Palos Verdes Estates on Friday morning.
During the firefight, smoke could be seen for miles.
What we know:
Just before 7 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17, firefighters with the Los Angeles County Fire Department were called to a home in the 2400 block of Via Sonoma in the South Bay neighborhood.
Aerial images from SkyFOX showed a large plume of smoke over the one-story house as crews worked to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby homes.
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After a search inside the property, fire authorities confirmed no civilians were inside the home at the time of the fire.
By 7:55 a.m., the fire was declared a knockdown.
The home suffered a partial collapse, LA County Fire officials said.
While there was structural damage, no injuries were reported.
What we don't know:
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
The Source: This story was written with information from Stu Mundel's live reporting from SkyFOX and the Los Angeles County Fire Department.