It took firefighters nearly an hour to extinguish a large fire burning at a South Gate auto shop on Saturday morning.
The fire was first reported at around 1:15 a.m. in the 5900 block of E. Firestone Boulevard near El Paseo Street, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
Shortly after arriving at the scene, crews designated the fire a second alarm due to large flames shooting from the roof of the building…