WESTLAKE, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — Two Los Angeles City firefighters and one other person were hospitalized following a structure fire Saturday afternoon in the Westlake neighborhood.<\/p>\n
The L.A. Fire Department says one of the firefighters was struck by a vehicle while working on scene. That firefighter and another man who was rescued from a burning home were taken to the hospital.<\/p>\n
The fire broke out just before 1 p.m. in the 500 block of South Union Avenue. It quickly extended into a two-story apartment building, a single-family bungalow and an RV, the fire department said.<\/p>\n
Two Los Angeles Fire Department members and one civilian are stable at local hospitals following a structure fire Saturday afternoon in the Westlake neighborhood.<\/p>\n
Approximately 60 LAFD firefighters battled the blaze at the height of the incident and crews were able to knockdown the fire at about 1:42 p.m.<\/p>\n
After knockdown was declared, a second LAFD firefighter experienced a medical emergency and was also transported to the emergency room, the fire department said. Everyone taken to the hospital was reported in stable condition.<\/p>\n
The fire left two residential units uninhabitable, displacing at least eight individuals. The American Red Cross is assisting those affected with temporary shelter.<\/p>\n
“Everything is burned we lost everything,” Westlake resident Erika Tovilla told Eyewitness News. “Automatically we’re on the street – mean we don’t have anything.”<\/p>\n
Tovilla had just arrived home from the doctor when she spotted the flames — her uncle desperately tried to escape.<\/p>\n
“He was burned from his arm and he smoke a lot of smoke and they take him critical to the hospital.”<\/p>\n
Tovilla said she hopes her uncle will heal.<\/p>\n
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.<\/p>\n
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