FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Piles of brick, steel, and a small part of what was once one of the oldest buildings in downtown Fresno is all that remains following a devastating blaze .

Constructed around 1895, the building was part of China Alley through the settlement of several immigrant communities in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

All that history is now gone after the building was the site of three fires this year. It survived the first two but finally gave way to Sunday's massive inferno.

The flames were put out within a few hours, but the community left feeling burned by what they perceived as a lack of enforcement.

Several residents and property owners near the scene told Action News the unhoused population often trespassed and started fires there and in other buildings

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