OCFA fire crews are battling a large 3-alarm commercial fire in Irvine

OCFA fire crews responded to a 3-alarm commercial fire this afternoon at 2:27 p.m. at the 1700 block of Kettering.
Firefighters have gone into a defensive mode, which means the fire is so large inside the building that the fire crews can only spray it with water at ground level and from aerial ladders.OCFA PIO at a commercial fire in Irvine
The fire appears to have originated at a vacant building that once housed South Coast Baking, a producer of frozen cookie dough. They vacated that building i