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Five businesses in Sherman Oaks were damaged during an overnight building fire Thursday.
The first arriving crews found a small strip mall with heavy smoke showing on the 15000 block of Ventura Boulevard.
After an initial offensive attack, the incident transitioned to defensive and 75 firefighters extinguished the fire in 80 minutes.
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