Crime & Safety
Candle Blamed For Highland Park Apartment Fire
A candle left burning is believed to be the cause of a fire that damaged a Highland Park apartment building Tuesday.
HIGHLAND PARK, CA — A candle left burning is believed to have ignited a fire at a Highland Park apartment building Tuesday afternoon.
The fire started just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of South Avenue 50. It took 14 firefighters less than 10 minutes to extinguish the blaze, according to Nicholas Prange, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
There were no injuries reported, and authorities did not release an estimate for the damage.
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