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Boyle Heights apartment fire leaves family homeless

A firefighter confronts flames roaring from a second-story window of a Boyle Heights apartment complex Monday morning. The fire caused more than $250,000 in damage and forced a family of eight out of its home.

A firefighter confronts flames roaring from a second-story window of a Boyle Heights apartment complex Monday morning. The fire caused more than $250,000 in damage and forced a family of eight out of its home.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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A family of eight was displaced this morning in a two-story apartment fire in Boyle Heights.

Boyle Heights apartment fire leaves family homeless

Austorjia Parra weeps as her family’s apartment burns.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Boyle Heights apartment fire leaves family homeless

A Los Angeles city firefighter uses his ax to chip away pieces of a door frame that were still smoldering after a fire struck a Boyle Heights apartment building.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Boyle Heights apartment fire leaves family homeless

Firefighters catch their breath after taming a fire at a Boyle Heights apartment building. Authorities said the blaze was accidental.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

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