More than 100 firefighters battle blaze at Winnetka strip mall; one injury reported
A firefighter was hospitalized after he burned his hand fighting a raging fire at a strip mall in Winnetka early Monday, authorities said.
The blaze was reported just before 3 a.m. in the 20800 block of Sherman Way, where a 4,500-square-foot, single-story strip mall was engulfed in flames. An estimated 106 firefighters battled the flames, and the blaze was put out in under an hour, authorities said.
The firefighter who burned his hand was listed in fair condition at a local hospital. The building was 61 years old and did not have fire sprinklers, the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
A cause for the fire is under investigation.
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