Los Angeles Fire Department

Explosion Injures Workers on Beverly Grove Billboard Platform

Two workers were injured Tuesday in an explosion on an advertising billboard platform in Bevelry Glen, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The explosion was reported at 6:13 a.m. in the 8100 block of West 3rd Street, LAFD said. The cause of the explosion was not immediately available.

A man in his 30s suffered serious burns in the blast, and another man was hospitalized in fair condition, fire officials said. A third worker on the platform was not injured. 

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