A man between 30 and 40 years old was critically injured in a kitchen fire in an apartment in Highland Park on Thursday, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department official.
The fire at a garden-style apartment building in the 5000 block of East Echo Street was reported at 6:48 p.m., Margaret Stewart of the Los Angeles Fire Department said.
The fire was held in check and extinguished by sprinklers, but firefighters found the victim unresponsive inside the affected third-floor unit, Stewart said.
The victim was in critical condition when taken to a hospital, Stewart said.
The fire was caused by food left cooking on the stove, she said.
The apartment had working smoke alarms, Stewart said.
— City News Service