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2 children left alone are injured in apartment fire

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From Times staff reports

Investigators Saturday were looking into the cause of an apartment fire in which two children, who were left alone, were injured.

The blaze occurred about 9:30 p.m. Friday in the 800 block of West 108th Street. It was quickly extinguished by firefighters from a station only a block away.

The children, a 10-year-old boy and an 8-year-old girl, were taken to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, where they were treated for smoke inhalation.

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“We’re trying to determine what caused the blaze,” said Fire Department spokesman Brian Ballton.

An official of the Los Angeles Police Department said a child endangerment investigation was underway.

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