[symple_googlemap title=”House fire” location=”6100 block of South Wilton Place, Los Angeles, CA” height=”300″ zoom=”18″]A man suffered serious burns Wednesday in a house fire in southwest Los Angeles, authorities said.
Firefighters sent to the 6100 block of South Wilton Place at 8:24 a.m. quickly extinguished the flames, said Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The injured man, a resident of the stricken house, suffered burns to 18 percent of his body, Humphrey said.
Investigators sought to determine the cause of the fire, which was confined to one room and the attic of the residence, Humphrey said. A damage estimate was not immediately available.
— City News Service