Fire damages home in Inglewood

"1502 for County Fire, 173's on an explosion."

At approximately 1300 on Friday me and my partner were dispatched for a Los Angeles County Fire call in the Northern part of Inglewood. As we approached the scene from Pincay facing Crenshaw we could see smoke rising from about the right area for where we knew our call was located. As we pulled up on scene we could see flames coming from the roof of a single family dwelling. Thankfully, no one was occupying the house as it was in the process of being remodeled. Over 8 units responded to the scene including Engines 173, 14, 170, and 18, Squads 173, 171 and Battalion Chief 20. The fire was under control in about 15 minutes. No firefighters were injured in the process of extinguishing the flames or in the process of overhaul procedures. According to Firefighter Ryan Watson, the fire was started by a transfomer that blew causing some plastic to catch on fire that spread to the new wood that had recently been installed. The fire spread to the attic and roof causing a great deal of damage to the Inglewood home.