LOS ANGELES, CA — Three people were displaced by a fire early Tuesday in East Hollywood.
The blaze broke out at about 3 a.m. in the 5300 block of west Romain Street, according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange.
Thirty firefighters arrived on the scene of the two-story duplex with fire to find flames in the lower unit, according to Prange. They were able to put out the blaze in 16 minutes and stop the flames from spreading to the upper level.
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Residents in the upstairs unit were able to remain in their home, but the three residents of the bottom unit were forced out by the fire damage. The Red Cross was called in to help them.
No one was injured in the blaze and the cause of the fire was under investigation.
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