Arson Suspected In Hollywood House Fire

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Arson investigators are examining a suspicious fire that damaged a home in Hollywood Thursday night.

The fire damaged a a one-story, single-family home in the 5600 block of Lexington Avenue, north of Santa Monica Boulevard, said Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Heavy black smoke billowed from the back of the house. The blaze broke out just before 8 p.m., and it caught arson investigators' attention because it appeared to have been set in multiple locations, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The blaze took 31 firefighters about 22 minutes to knock down, Stewart said. No one was injured in the fire.

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