Retirement Home Fire Damages 2 Floors, Displaces 50 People
A blaze that damaged two floors of a South-Central Los Angeles retirement home Friday displaced 50 people, a fire department spokesman said.
The blaze broke out at 2:08 p.m. at Independent Square in the 2400 block of South St. Andrews Place, and was put out in 25 minutes by 14 fire companies, spokesman Jim Wells said.
Wells said the number of units affected was still unclear, but the hallways on the sixth and seventh floors suffered major smoke damage. The cause of the fire was under investigation, Wells said.
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