A fire ripped through part of a
commercial building near downtown Los Angeles on Tuesday evening, briefly
trapping two people inside an office until firefighters made a rescue,
authorities said.
The blaze erupted about 7:45 p.m. on the
fifth floor of a six-story building in the 1500 block of West Olympic
Boulevard, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey.
Flames burst through the roof after
spreading through the southwest corner of the building, which was constructed
in 1966 and lacked a sprinkler system, fire officials said.
At the peak of the blaze in the Westlake
neighborhood, 170 firefighters were at the scene, and the Fire Department
deployed about six retractable ladders to rescue anyone stranded inside the
building, Humphrey said. At least two people were shown on video footage
climbing down from the building.
At least one person was injured, but
officials said his medical condition was not life-threatening, and no further
details were available.
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