Fourteen firefighters from a station near Los Angeles International Airport have tested positive for COVID-19, officials confirmed.
The firefighters are from Los Angeles Fire Department 80, located at 7250 World Way West, which services the airport, fire department spokesperson Margaret Stewart stated in a news alert.
All fourteen firefighters are being quarantined at home, Stewart said. The firefighters are all either asymptomatic or showing only mild symptoms of COVID-19.
The fire station has been sanitized as a precaution.
Other LAX certified firefighting personnel are filling in at the station for the time being, Stewart stated.