Downtown Los Angeles street takeover ends in hell

The video shows a wild takeover of a downtown Los Angeles street that ends in flames overnight.

Preliminary information from the OnSceneTV television service indicates that the takeover took place at the intersection of 18^th and main streets before 3 a.m. Saturday.

A Los Angeles Police Department spokesperson confirmed the location and said more than 50 cars were present.

Police were initially dispatched to the scene following calls about fireworks being set off, the spokesman added.

The spectacle, attended by hundreds of people, ended with two vehicles on fire in the middle of the intersection; it was not immediately clear whether they were deliberately set on fire or caught fire from another source.

Traffic was seen maneuvering around the inferno and while some motorists honked their horns, others appeared to pass by as if everything was normal.

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Los Angeles Fire Department crews attempting to extinguish the flames were hampered by crowds and vehicles blocking their access to the burning vehicles, but were eventually able to extinguish the fire within ten minutes.

No arrests have been made, the LAPD said. What remained of the two cars was impounded.

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