Fire at a Boarded-Up Fourplex
When I began digging into the February 3 fire reported at 1294 S. Windsor Avenue, I hit a wall - 1294 S. Windsor doesn’t exist. This happens fairly often.
Look, I get it. LAFD has their hands full responding to emergencies 24/7, and the occasional inaccurate address is going to be reported. Similarly, Citizen and other reporting apps don’t always get the address right (in all fairness, if you’re reporting a fire from half a block away, the app might pull up the address where you’re standing instead of the correct one).
From publicly posted videos of the fire, I was able to identify the collision center in the foreground and match the burning building to 4357 Victoria Park Drive, which stands just behind the body shop.
While the address is on Victoria Park Drive, the building is on a corner lot and its longest side fronts Windsor Boulevard, so the address inaccuracy is hardly surprising.
4357 Victoria Park Drive is not unknown to me. The 1923 fourplex went on the abate list in 2021, although I couldn’t tell you how long it’s been boarded up. ZIMAS complaints date back as far as 2012.
This isn’t even the first fire on the property - in 2022, a permit was issued to demolish a fire-damaged detached garage.
Regardless, what a sad waste of four apartments. I’d love to restore a building like this if I had the money.
This makes no sense. How did the fire department respond? They supposedly use NavigateLA and 1294 S Windsor does not exist. The unofficial address for 4357 Victoria Park Dr is 1314 S Windsor. The 1200 block is north of Pico.