Family Displaced by Stubborn Westwood Apartment Fire

WESTWOOD - A stubborn predawn fire in a five story Westwood apartment building displaced four residents and brought temporary closure of a busy thoroughfare early Wednesday morning.

The blaze, reported to the Los Angeles Fire Department at 4:37 AM on October 19, 2011, brought 115 firefighters to 10655 Wilshire Boulevard, a half-mile southeast of the UCLA campus in Westwood.

Awakened by smoke alarms within their unit, occupants of a fourth floor apartment were able to safely escape the blaze as the fire spread quickly through walls to an apartment above in the twenty unit non-fire sprinklered building.

The flames were fully extinguished in just 64 minutes - and no injuries were reported. Four family members from a fifth floor apartment were displaced by the fire, and referred to the American Red Cross for assistance.

Fire loss to the 56-year old "Princess Apartments" building is estimated at $170,000 ($100,00 structure & $70,000 contents). The cause of the early morning blaze remains under active investigation.

Dispatched Units: T37 E37 E237 RA37 E71 RA71 E292 T92 E59 EM9 BC9 BC18 E68 RA92 E19 E261 T61 DC3 SQ21 BC5 T61 E261 E63 E261 T61 E19 E58 E263 T63 E269 T69 SQ21 EM14 BC4 BC10 E5 T88 E288 UR88 RA5 BC5 AR2 EA1 RA861

Submitted by Brian Humphrey, Spokesman
Los Angeles Fire Department

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