Crime & Safety

Hollywood Apartment Fire Injures Woman

The blaze reported on West Hawthorn Avenue near North La Brea Avenue was knocked down within minutes.

A 26-year-old woman was taken to the hospital in serious condition after a fire inside a two-story Hollywood apartment unit early Thursday morning.

The fire was reported at 1:14 a.m. in the 7000 block of West Hawthorn Avenue, near North La Brea Avenue, said Erik Scott of the Los Angeles Fire Department. Firefighters had knocked down the fire at 1:31 a.m.

Paramedics rushed the woman, who had burns, to a hospital. Her identity was not released. The cause of  the fire and damage estimate for the apartment were not immediately available.

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- City News Service contributed to this report.


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