One dead after fire breaks out at high-rise apartment complex in downtown L.A.
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One person is dead after a fire broke out at a high-rise apartment complex early Tuesday morning in downtown Los Angeles, according to authorities.
The fire was reported around 2 a.m. on West Fifth Street at the Rosslyn Lofts, formerly the Rosslyn Hotel, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
More than 100 firefighters responded to the fire on the seventh floor, according to the LAFD. After the fire was extinguished, a person was found dead in one of the units.
“The fire was very challenging due to the fact that it was on the seventh floor. ... When we have a building on fire, can’t use the elevators. We had to track all of our equipment up seven floors,” LAFD spokesperson David Ortiz told ABC7.
No other deaths or injuries were reported, according to the LAFD. The person’s identity and other details also weren’t immediately available.
The Rosslyn Hotel is no stranger to authorities. Since 2020, Los Angeles County building inspectors have found a host of issues, many of them minor, such as water leaks, paint peeling from walls and — above all — roach infestations.
During the last inspection in February, inspectors found several rooms were infested with roaches and ordered building managers to exterminate the pests.
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