A man suffered minor injuries Tuesday night when he jumped from the second story of an apartment in the Westlake District to escape a fire, and a firefighter was also injured during post-fire operations.
The fire was reported about 6:30 p.m. near the intersection of Witmer and Second streets, near Beverly Boulevard, according to Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Forty-two firefighters extinguished the fire in a second-floor unit and the attic of the two-story residential fourplex in about 30 minutes, Humphrey said.
A firefighter suffered moderate, non-life threatening injuries, including some bruising, in a fall during operations after the fire was extinguished, Humphrey said. The firefighter will be taken to a hospital for evaluation and treatment.
The injured person who jumped from the second floor suffered minor injuries and was also being taken to a hospital for further evaluation, according to Humphrey.
