Firefighters Put Out Flames In 2-Story LA Apartment Building

LOS ANGELES, CA — It took firefighters about 40 minutes to put out flames that spread into the attic of a two-story apartment building in the Vermont Square neighborhood of Los Angeles Saturday.

The fire was reported at 9:31 p.m. Saturday at 1725 W. Vernon Ave., west of Western Avenue, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Jaime Stewart.

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First arriving firefighters reported power lines were down at the apartment building, Stewart said. An arson investigator was asked to come to the scene.

No injuries were reported, he said.