Liam James Payne (born 29 August 1993) is an English singer and songwriter.
He rose to fame as a member of the boy band One Direction.
Payne made his debut as a singer when he auditioned for the British television series The X Factor in 2008. After being eliminated as a solo performer, he auditioned again in 2010 and was put into a group with four other contestants to form One Direction
Firefighters battle Venice Beach blaze that started in homeless encampment: report
foxnews.comFirefighters in Los Angeles are battling a blaze at an oceanfront building in Venice Beach that reportedly started in a nearby homeless encampment.
More than 100 firefighters are tackling the fire, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. "There are still 116 LAFD personnel in ongoing defensive firefighting operations at what is now described as a two story, 6,952 square-foot *COMMERCIAL ONLY* structure (no residential), built in 1953, and vacant when an outside fire this morning at a homeless encampment on the south side of the building extended into the structure - and briefly threatened, but was prevented from damaging 2 nearby structures," it said, in a statement.
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