One dead, one injured in Tujunga apartment fire
A fire that tore through a ground-floor unit of a Tujunga apartment building on Saturday night left one man dead and a woman injured, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Firefighters were called to the building at 10:55 p.m., and officials said they had the flames extinguished within 16 minutes. But it may have been too late for a man who was found dead in the apartment’s kitchen.
As of Sunday morning, there was no word on the man’s identity or how he died.
A woman who was found outside of the apartment was taken to a hospital. Officials said she was suffering from smoke inhalation and minor burns.
In a written statement, Fire Department officials said it wasn’t immediately clear why the man hadn’t been able to escape from the burning unit. The apartment didn’t have window bars, a security door, or something that would been an obvious barrier.
The unit did have a smoke alarm, but whether the device was functioning was unclear, and there were no fire sprinklers in the building.
Officials said the cause of the fire is still under investigation.
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