Vacant Valley Plaza building next to Gold’s Gym burns in greater alarm fire

NORTH HOLLYWOOD — Firefighters in North Hollywood knocked down a greater-alarm blaze at a boarded-up commercial building among a row of mostly vacant structures in the southern portion of Valley Plaza.

Some 75 firefighters were dispatched at 10:38 p.m. Friday to the single-story building on the 6100 block of Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just north of Erwin Street. They had the fire out within 43 minutes, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

A Los Angeles fire captain works to open a metal gate so firefighers can get to flames late Friday, Jan. 7, 2022, that destroyed several vacant units to the south of the Valley Plaza shopping area on Laurel Canyon Boulevard in North Hollywood. Homeless individuals had been living in the structure, according to reports from the scene. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Contributing photographer)
Los Angeles firefighters pour water on burning structures at the southern portion of Valley Plaza on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just north of Erwin Street in North Hollywood late Friday, Jan. 7, 2022. (Photo by Mike Meadows/Contributing photographer)
Los Angeles firefighters get ready to attack the flames at a Valley Plaza building on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just north of Erwin Street, via a hole they cut in the wall early Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. (Photo by Rick McClure/Contributing photographer)
Los Angeles firefighters battle a greater alarm fire early Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at a Valley Plaza building next to Gold’s Gym on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just north of Erwin Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Rick McClure/Contributing photographer)
Los Angeles firefighters battle a greater alarm fire early Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at a Valley Plaza building next to Gold’s Gym on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just north of Erwin Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Rick McClure/Contributing photographer)
Los Angeles firefighters battle a greater alarm fire early Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at a Valley Plaza building next to Gold’s Gym on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just north of Erwin Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Rick McClure/Contributing photographer)
A Los Angeles firefighter attack the flames at a Valley Plaza building on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just north of Erwin Street, via a hole cut in the wall early Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. (Photo by Rick McClure/Contributing photographer)
Los Angeles firefighters battle a greater alarm fire early Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at a Valley Plaza building next to Gold’s Gym on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just north of Erwin Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Rick McClure/Contributing photographer)
Los Angeles firefighters battle a greater alarm fire early Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at a Valley Plaza building next to Gold’s Gym on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just north of Erwin Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Rick McClure/Contributing photographer)
A Los Angeles firefighter battles a greater alarm fire early Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, at a Valley Plaza building next to Gold’s Gym on Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just north of Erwin Street in North Hollywood. (Photo by Rick McClure/Contributing photographer)