2 Hospitalized After Hollywood Apartment Building Catches Fire

HOLLYWOOD, CA — Two people were hospitalized after an apartment building caught fire early Tuesday morning, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

The fire was reported before 3 a.m. at 619 N. Kingsley Dr., just west of Melrose and Normandie avenues.

A 29-year-old woman and a 10-year-old boy were transported to a local hospital, the LAFD said.

The flames damaged several vehicles in the first-floor parking area and caused apartments on both upper floors of the building to be evacuated, firefighters said.

It took 50 firefighters 39 minutes to extinguish the blaze. The cause of the fire is under investigation, the LAFD said.