Large wood pallet fire in Compton spreads to nearby bus yard - Long Beach Press Telegram

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COMPTON — A massive fire in an industrial area of Compton lit up the sky Friday morning, engulfing piles of wooden pallets and spreading to multiple buses in an adjacent bus yard.

The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues, and a huge plume of black smoke could be seen for miles.

Firefighters from the Compton, Long Beach and Los Angeles County fire departments worked to prevent the flames from spreading outside the perimeter of the commercial property, an effort that appeared to have been largely successful.

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. Some witnesses speculated it may have started in a homeless encampment in an alley near the businesses. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters water hot spots where multiple tour busses burned during a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. Some witnesses speculated it may have started in a homeless encampment in an alley near the businesses. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

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• The alley way where witnesses speculate that the fire started in a homeless encampments. Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. Some witnesses speculated it may have started in a homeless encampment in an alley near the businesses. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters water hot spots where multiple tour busses burned during a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. Some witnesses speculated it may have started in a homeless encampment in an alley near the businesses. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. Some witnesses speculated it may have started in a homeless encampment in an alley near the businesses. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• A man looks at the devastated pallet yard owned by his father after a massive fire in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• The alley way where witnesses speculate that the fire started in a homeless encampments. Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. Some witnesses speculated it may have started in a homeless encampment in an alley near the businesses. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Multiple tour busses burned during a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Multiple tour busses burned during a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Multiple tour busses burned during a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Multiple tour busses burned during a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. Some witnesses speculated it may have started in a homeless encampment in an alley near the businesses. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Multiple tour busses burned during a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Jerry Keller, property manager for S&M Pallets on seen with firefightes battling the massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. Keller, a reserve firefighter and photographer was able to document the destruction but seemed in shock that it was at his own yard. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. Some witnesses speculated it may have started in a homeless encampment in an alley near the businesses. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. Some witnesses speculated it may have started in a homeless encampment in an alley near the businesses. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

• Firefighters from multiple cities responded to battle a massive fire in an industrial area in Compton on Friday, February 26, 2021. The fire was reported about 4:45 a.m. near Santa Fe and Weber avenues and involved 3 pallet yards, a mattress factory and a touring bus facility. Some witnesses speculated it may have started in a homeless encampment in an alley near the businesses. (Photo by Brittany Murray, Press-Telegram/SCNG)

The firefighting effort was continuing nearly three hours after the fire was first reported. Problems were reported in maintaining water pressure at the location, and some power lines were downed. No injuries were immediately reported.

Traffic was routed away from the area to accommodate firefighting equipment staged at the site, but no evacuations were ordered, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department reported.

The cause of the fire was unknown.

wowwww look at the huge plume of smoke from that industrial fire in Compton @GDLA @foxla @Stu_Mundel pic.twitter.com/YeLzr8QHDq

— Pete Wilgoren (@WILGOREN) February 26, 2021

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