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Fire erupts overnight at West LA Mormon Temple

In the wee small hours of Tuesday morning, a fire erupted at a construction site on the grounds of the nation's second-largest Mormon temple.

89.3 KPCC | Published: 01/11/2012 07:47

The blaze erupted just after 1 a.m. Tuesday and 48 firefighters doused it within a half-hour.

Matt Ball, a spokesman with the church, said that no threats preceded the blaze, and added that the temple property is patrolled around the clock. Security guards did not indicate they saw any intruders.

"As far as we know, it's just an unfortunate accident," he told the San Francisco Chronicle.

He went on to maintain that construction would continue and that the fire was "just a little setback."

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