Last night, a massive 200-yard by 200-yard fire incinerated everything located under Interstate 10 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. The fire destroyed the concrete and rebar: the freeway will not be open again for a long time.
The first reports I saw mentioned that it had burned the large homeless encampment which has been beneath the freeway for decades. Then I saw it referred to as a “pallet fire.” Pictures appeared to depict massive stacks of wood shipping pallets: yes, ultra-flammable wood stacked right up to the freeway which, in this location, is elevated at least three storeys above street level.