Firefighters battle huge Los Angeles blaze
A huge fire has swept through an apartment building under construction in downtown Los Angeles, the BBC reported.
Almost 250 firefighters were attempting to tackle the blaze early on Monday morning.
The fire could be seen from miles away and it shut portions of two major freeways.
The cause is not yet known. It is not thought anyone was in the building at the time and there were no initial reports of any injuries.
''It's huge,'' the Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman David Ortiz told the Los Angeles Times.
At one point, the whole building was engulfed in flames.
The blaze has since been brought under control and dozens of firefighters remain at the scene.
Two buildings nearby were damaged.