Calif. firefighter slain after explosion at senior homes
by Joseph Serna, Melissa Etehad and Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times
Jun 26, 2018
3 minutes
LONG BEACH, Calif. - It began as a routine call for Long Beach firefighters: A fire alarm had gone off before dawn Monday at an 11-story housing complex for seniors.
As crews made their way to Covenant Manor, more details started to come in. There had been an explosion and a fire. People smelled gasoline. When firefighters arrived, they noticed windows were blown out on the second floor, the sprinklers activated.
At 4:08 a.m., 19 minutes after they responded to the fire alarm, gunfire erupted. Capt.
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