Watch: Good Samaritans Save Residents From NoHo Inferno

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA — Neighbors worked to help one another escape a raging apartment fire in North Hollywood Wednesday morning that left two people hospitalized with injuries. A man suffered burn injuries and a woman was hospitalized with smoke inhalation in the two-story apartment fire at 7423 N. Lankershim Blvd.

The fire broke out just after 1 a.m. and quickly engulfed the building. The blaze started in a property nearby, the site of a previous fire believed to have been caused by homeless activity, according to CBS Los Angeles.

“The building was engulfed in flames by the time we got here, and there was a guy walking down the street just happened to see it, so he was helping us get everybody out,” resident Brooke Boyd told CBS.

Boyd and the good Samaritan worked to evacuate the building, which was quickly overtaken with flames. The flames shot from the building, and a 57-year-old man was taken to a local hospital with burns and a 30- year-old woman was transported with smoke inhalation also, according to Amy Bastman of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Their conditions were not immediately reported.

The blaze was knocked down by 87 firefighters in 38 minutes, she said.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.

City News Service contributed to this report; Photo: Shutterstock