Crime & Safety
Firefighters Put Out Flames In 2-Story LA Apartment Building
First arriving firefighters reported power lines were down at the apartment building, fire officials said.
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.
First arriving firefighters reported power lines were down at the apartment building, Stewart said. An arson investigator was asked to come to the scene.
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No injuries were reported, he said.
