Crime & Safety

Wood Shake Roof on Woodland Hills Catches Fire

It took 20 firefighters 12 minutes to knock down the flames.

Twenty firefighters took 12 minutes to knock down a fire on the wood shake roof of a one-story home at 4965 Escobedo Drive in Woodland Hills, says Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

No injuries were reported as a result of the blaze, which was reported at 8:35 p.m., Humphrey says.

--City News Service

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