Crews Battle Stubborn Hillside House Fire In Tujunga

Los Angeles CA

04 May, 2021

2:24 PM

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TUJUNGA, CA — Firefighters battled a stubborn house fire in the Tujunga area Tuesday morning that badly damaged the hillside home. The blaze in the 7000 block of West Floramorgan Trail took 49 firefighters more than an hour to put out, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. The fire was reported just after 9 a.m. "The fire was well-developed on the bottom floor when firefighters arrived, and it was already extending to the upper floor," said LAFD spokesman Nicholas Prange. "Structural integrity was in question and led firefighters to use defensive tactics, remaining outside and flowing water inward. It took 69 minutes to extinguish the fire, while skillfully keeping the flames confined to the home-of-origin." No one was injured in the fire, and the cause of the fire was under investigation.