Ascent Update: Welder Accidentally Started Fire, Construction Cam Reveal
Monday, March 24, 2008, by Dakota
What appears to be final word on this morning's fire at developer KB Homes' project Ascent at Warner Center: A welder accidentally started the blaze "when a piece of molten metal fell onto tar paper on the story below," according to SignOnSanDiego. Isn't tar paper always to blame. And three-fourths of the development was spared. And the fire via the construction cam: The second shot is before the fire started.
· Wing of big L.A. condo construction site burns [Union-Tribune]
· Update: KB Home's Ascent Fire; High 300s, Indeed [Curbed LA]
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