TO THE LAPD IS 1.8 ILION DOLLAR
BUDGET.
AMY JOHNSON KCAL 9 NEWS.
INVESTIGATORS IN REDLANDS ARE
TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT
SPARKED A MASSIVE FIRE THAT
DESTROYED A WAREHOUSE.
KCAL 9'S RACHEL KIM HAS MORE ON
THE DISTRIBUTION CENTER SHIPPING
PRODUCTS FOR AMAZON
HER.
EXPLOSIONS AND FLAMES GUTTED THE
WAREHOUSE AND DESTROYED
EVERYTHING AROUND IT IN AN EARLY
MORNING THREE ALARM IN REDLANDS.
ALL I COULD HEAR WAS MY
SUPERVISORS YELLING FIRE IN GET
OUT OF THE BUILDING AS FAST AS
YOU CAN.
I LOOK DOWN THE AISLE AND I
SAW FLAMES OF THE FIRST THING
DID WAS YELL FIRE, FIRE.
DOZENS OF EMPLOYEES AT THIS
THIRD-PARTY DISTRIBUTION CENTER
FOR AMAZON ARE ALREADY AT WORK
WHEN THE FIRE ROE GOT AROUND
5:00 A.M. THREE FIRE OFFICIALS
SAY WHEN THEY GOT THERE THEY
STARTED TO FIGHT THE FLAMES
INSIDE BUT WITHIN MINUTES THEY
HAD TO PULL BACK AND GO INTO
DEFENSIVE MODE AND MAKE SURE THE
FIRE DIDN'T SPREAD TO NEARBY
BUILDINGS.
WE WERE OVERWHELMED AND WHY
DID THIS GROW SO RAPIDLY?
THIS IS A BUILDING WITH THE
LATEST FIRE CONSTRUCTION INSIDE
OF THE SO WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE POSITION WE ARE IN NOW.
I DIDN'T HEAR A FIRE ALARM
AND I DIDN'T SEE ANY SPRINKLERS.
THE WHOLE BACK OF THE
BUILDING COLLAPSE.
IT.
INVESTIGATORS SAY BECAUSE OF THE
SIZE AND THE NATURE OF THE
BUILDING BATF WILL BE A TASK
FORCE LOOKING INTO WHAT STARTED
THE MASSIVE FIRE.
WE HAVE TAKEN A HOLD OF VIDEO
CAMERAS FROM THE BUILDING THAT
WAS ON FIRE AND GATHERING THAT
INFORMATION FOR THAT INFORMATION
WILL BE SENT TO THE NATIONAL
CRIME LAB.
AMAZON REPRESENTATIVES TELL US
THIS WAS BUILT BY A TWIST
COMPANY A THIRD-PARTY OPERATOR
THAT HELPS AMAZON SHIPPED
EXTRA-LARGE PACKAGES TO
CUSTOMERS.
THERE WILL BE A MINIMUM IMPACT
ON CUSTOMERS.
WE ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE
WHO EXACT WAS IN THE BUILDING.
WE UNDERSTAND ITS HOUSEHOLD
PRODUCTS FROM TVs TO COUCHES
FURNITURE THINGS ABOUT SORE.
WE DON'T HAVE ANY INDICATION
THAT THERE'S A LARGE LARGE
VOLUME OF FLAMMABLE PRODUCTS
GREATER.
FOR CHILE NO ONE WAS INJURED IN
THE FIRE.
FIREFIGHTERS CONTINUED TO MOP UP
HOTSPOTS AS INVESTIGATORS TRY TO
