CALIFORNIA BRIEFING / SOUTH PASADENA
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Fire swept a public works building Wednesday, sending towering flames into the night and drawing firefighters from throughout the region.
A Pasadena Fire Department dispatcher received a report of an explosion at the 825 Mission Street City Yards building about 8:45 p.m.
Dozens of emergency vehicles responded, with police cruisers and fire engines filling the mixed residential-business street near the 110 Freeway.
The huge garage-like facility covering a city block is used to store, maintain and repair city vehicles and equipment, said Capt. Carlos Alderete of the Pasadena Fire Department.
It was unknown whether the building was occupied at the time the fire broke out or if there had been any injuries sustained in fighting the blaze, he said.
Thick smoke blanketed the area.
Also on the scene were firefighters and equipment from the Alhambra and South Pasadena fire departments.
-- Carol J. Williams
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