A truck caught fire in Lancaster Friday afternoon, igniting a pile of propane tanks. Firefighters continued to battle the blaze into the evening, with no injuries reported.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire at 2:22 p.m. Friday and found a propane truck on fire in the 42500 block of North 8th Street East in Lancaster, the Los Angeles County Fire Department confirmed. The truck fire spread and ignited hundreds of propane tanks stacked on the site.
Video from a KTLA helicopter showed the explosion causing propane tanks to fly. Flames billowed smoke above an industrial area near Challenger Trail.
Firefighters established a 300-foot cordon around the fire and continued to battle the flames into the evening, a fire department spokesman said. No injuries had been reported as of 4:45 p.m., and the cause of the vehicle fire had not been released.
