5 Injured as Fire Forces Some Three-Story Jumps
Five people were injured, one of them a firefighter, in a blaze at an apartment complex Saturday, authorities said.
Three of the injured jumped from a third-story window to escape the flames.
The firefighter was treated at the scene for heat exhaustion, and the jumpers were taken to a hospital with minor to moderate injuries, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.
A man on the second floor, where the 2:33 a.m. fire burned through two units, suffered minor smoke inhalation.
Six other residents of the apartment complex in the 15400 block of Sherman Way were given temporary shelter by the Red Cross.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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