Cause of Skirball fire was `illegal cooking´ in homeless camp, LAFD says
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Los Angeles City firefighters battle the Skirball Fire in Bel-Air on Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017. (Photo by Ed Crisostomo, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) An illegal cooking fire at a homeless encampment was determined to be the cause of the Skirball fire, which began last week, authorities said Tuesday. The fire was sparked just before 5 a.m. Dec. 6 in a brush area adjacent to where Sepulveda Boulevard crosses under the 405 Freeway, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The LAFD’s Arson-County-Terrorism Section investigated the fire and the results were released via...