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Posted by daNd124 on Sat Oct 19 22:12:57 2013, in response to The New Brentwood Thread, posted by LuchAAA on Sun Aug 21 16:33:18 2011. http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2013/10/19/probe-underway-following-blaze-at-brentwood-high-rise/Authorities Saturday were investigating the cause of a fire that heavily damaged one unit of a Brentwood residential high-rise and left ten people injured, including a toddler. The fire erupted just after 11:45 a.m. Friday at the 25-story Barrington Plaza on Wilshire Boulevard, according to KNX 1070’s Ed Mertz. Of those injured, two of the victims remained in critical condition at UCLA Medical Center. The condition of the 2-year-old girl who suffered smoke inhalation was upgraded Saturday. Three firefighters, who were transported to the Grossman Burn Center with injuries, have since been released. Erik Scott, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department, says residents on the seventh through eleventh floors have not been able to return home. Rather, they were being escorted into their units by firefighters to collect their essentials. Firefighters said they managed to contain the flames to one unit on the eleventh floor. The blaze was put out in just over an hour. “The door was open to that unit and that’s what caused that extensive amount of damage in that hallway. Whether someone was in there when it started, I don’t know,” LAFD Capt. Jamie Moore said Friday. Built in 1961, firefighters said the 240-unit building is not equipped with a sprinkler system but had fire alarms that were operating. |
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