Massive fire engulfs Beverly Hills apartment complex as entire roof caves in

A heavy multi-alarm fire forced evacuations and a nearby school to temporary close down in Beverly Hills Wednesday morning.

The blaze erupted at an apartment complex in the 200 block of South Rexford Drive around 10:30 am. The Beverly Hills Fire Department arrived on scene to find most of the building heavily engulfed in flames.

The blaze erupted around 10:30 a.m.

The fire led to a partial roof collapse.

The fire rapidly tore through the structure’s attic space, causing severe structural damage that led to a partial roof collapse during initial firefighting efforts.

“As firefighters attacked the fire, the roof began collapsing, so firefighters retreated and are using area ladder trucks to battle the blaze. There are no injuries reported,” the City of Beverly Hills said in a statement.

Authorities said that firefighters had to shift to defensive strategy, using aerial ladder trucks to dump high-volume water streams onto the blaze from above.

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