One person was injured at a blazing Los Angeles home with a history of fires Monday morning, fire officials said.
Firefighters saved at least one dog from the Atwater Village home, whose elderly owner was safe. The home was packed with objects items that fire officials had ordered cleared before, Los Angeles Fire Department officials said.
"It's basically impassable from all sides of it," said David Ortiz of the LA Fire Department. "It's very narrow area for you to walk through so you can imagine trying to pull a hose line and make those turns, it makes it very difficult for firefighters."
It's the home's third fire since 2013, officials said. LA City Council has deemed the pile of objects kept at the home in the 3000 block of Glendale Boulevard "excessive storage."
LA city records obtained by NBC4 show half a dozen complaints from neighbors. City inspectors told the residents several times to clean up the property. Two weeks ago, they were issued an order to comply.
"Stuff piled on stuff, on stuff, all the way, taller than me," neighbor Patty Castaneda said.
The fire was reported at 7:12 a.m., fire officials said. Flames shot out of the burning structure, which fire officials said came from the home's exterior.
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The owner's son was taken to a hospital with undisclosed injuries, according to officers. He was cleaning up the objects kept there when he noticed the fire and tried to put it out with a garden hose.
Investigators were looking into the cause of the fire, officials said.
No one was injured in the blaze, fire officials said, and while firefighters rescued one pet dog, they couldn't initially find another believed to live at the home.
The home's owner, an elderly woman, later had two dogs with her. It took 45 firefighters 28 minutes to put out the blaze, officials said.
Kim Baldonado contributed to this report.
