A woman suffered severe burns in a fire that burned a first-floor unit of a two-story residential four-plex in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles Saturday.
The fire was reported at 4:12 p.m. Saturday at 3011 W. Stocker Place, near Audubon Middle School, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department's Brian Humphrey.
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WATCH HEREIt took 40 firefighters 18 minutes to put out the heavy flames in the first-floor unit that caused some damage to the unit directly above, Humphrey said.
A woman with severe burn injuries was taken to a hospital by paramedics in serious condition, he said. No other injuries were reported.
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SIGN UP The cause of the fire was under investigation, Humphrey said.
