Firefighter Injured Battling Del Rey Apartment Fire

Venice CA

17 June, 2020

7:26 PM

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DEL REY, CA — One firefighter was injured while battling an apartment fire in Del Rey Tuesday afternoon, officials said. No other injuries were reported. The apartment fire was reported at 2:58 p.m. at 12610 W. Braddock Dr. and firefighters knocked down the flames by 4:55 p.m., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department. "After the fire was knocked down, a firefighter injury was reported," Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. "One LAFD member was transported to a local hospital with a non-life-threatening burn injury." There were 26 firefighters battling the fire that started at one unit of a three-story apartment building that has two residential floors over one level of parking. It's unclear how the fire started. "The fire billowed smoke into neighboring apartments, while consuming a lower unit, and damaging others," Bronwyn Major told Patch via email. See more: Santa Monica's Pacific Dining Car Closing Amid PandemicProtest Planned In Santa Monica WednesdayRed Cross Testing LA County Donors For COVID-19 Antibodies