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BEVERLY CREST, LOS ANGELES () — A fire ripped through a multi-million dollar mansion in Beverly Crest on Tuesday, destroying the attic and roof.
AIR7 flew above the home on Delfern Drive, where heavy flames were seen roaring through the roof, with billowing smoke rising from the two-story home.
After four hours battling the flames, the Los Angeles Fire Department declared the fire knocked down around 5:50 p.m.
Fire officials said the fire was first reported shortly before 2 p.m. There were people home at the time, but they all got out safely after calling 911.
When firefighters arrived and began searching the home, they discovered the fire was located in the attic. Eventually, one of the home’s chimneys partially collapsed, LAFD said.
From the ground, dozens of firefighters tried desperately to douse it with water. The attic fire quickly outran crews.
It took more than 100 firefighters to get the blaze under control due to the structure of the home’s attic.
“They had a lot of challenges. This attic is very large, 24,000 square-foot house, and the attic was cut up into multiple partitions, so as they put out one section of the fire, there would be another fire in the next one… It was kind of a domino effect, and it was very hard for them to wrap their arms around that large of an attic fire,” said Capt. Milo Cope with LAFD.
Even more troubling was the unconventional construction and sheer size of the home, which quickly became fodder for flames.
“It’s a mansion, so there’s a lot of construction features that we don’t train on because they’re abnormal,” Cope said. “There’s an atrium in there, there’s glass, so that also makes it hard for them to get up there.”
Firefighters fanned out across the property and managed to contain the fire damage to the attic, but the volume of water caused portions of the upper floor to give way.
Hours into the fire, video shows crews working their way in and up a grand staircase, with opulent decor surrounded by smoke and saturated walls. AIR7 video shows multiple people appearing to remove property from the home.
LAFD initially reported that the home was under heavy construction, but officials later clarified that a nearby lot was under construction, and fire crews worked diligently to make sure the flames didn’t spread to that property.
Construction crews told 7 they were scrambling to protect the property.
“We’ve rolled out garden hoses next door,” said worker John Woosley. “My team, my asset management team is here, as well as some people who work for my client. We’re doing everything we can to make sure it doesn’t happen to us.”
One LAFD firefighter was transported to the hospital with a medical emergency, but is expected to be OK, the department said. Another firefighter was treated at the scene for signs of heat exhaustion.
The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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