Crime & Safety

Firefighter Hurt Battling Highland Park Blaze

A Los Angeles Fire Department firefighter was injured Tuesday while putting out a Highland Park house fire.

LOS ANGELES, CA - A firefighter suffered a shoulder injury Tuesday while working to extinguish a blaze at a Highland Park house.

Firefighters sent to the 5200 block of Buchanan Street at 12:21 p.m. doused the flames in 16 minutes, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

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