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Residents Evacuated During Apartment Fire In San Fernando Valley

A two-story, garden-style apartment building caught fire, with fire in one unit traveling up the walls, Firefighters reported.

A common attic of the garden-style apartments caught fire in Tarzana, LA Fire officials said.
A common attic of the garden-style apartments caught fire in Tarzana, LA Fire officials said. (Nicole Charky/Patch)

TARZANA, CA — Firefighters knocked down a blaze at a two-story apartment building in Tarzana Sunday.

Firefighters were dispatched to 18569 W. Burbank Blvd. at 9:55 a.m. and had the fire out within 30 minutes of their arrival, according to Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The fire was primarily in the common attic of the garden-style building, Stewart said. Truck companies created holes in the roof and used handlines to extinguish the bulk of the fire.

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No injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was under investigation.


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