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Funeral Home Catches Fire In Boyle Heights On Thanksgiving

BOYLE HEIGHTS (CBSLA) – A fire broke out at a Boyle Heights funeral in the early morning hours of Thanksgiving.

Funeral Home Catches Fire In Boyle Heights On Thanksgiving
A fire at a funeral home in Boyle Heights. Nov. 28, 2019. (Citizen App)

Just before 12:30 a.m., Los Angeles Fire Department crews responded to a one-story funeral home located at 3576 Whittier Boulevard to find flames coming through the roof.

It took 43 firefighters about 45 minutes to extinguish the blaze, the fire department said.

There were no injuries.

The extent of the damage to the building and the cause of the fire are under investigation.

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