Los Angeles building from famous rock album cover goes up in flames

LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — It took over 100 firefighters more than an hour and a half to contain a fire at a historic downtown Los Angeles building in an incident that officials declared a "Major Emergency."

The blaze at 1246 S. Hope St. was reported shortly before 11 a.m. Thursday. Aerial footage from Nexstar's KTLA showed intense flames and heavy smoke billowing into the sky.

The fire drew a response from 17 fire companies, the Los Angeles Fire Department said in a news alert,...