Firefighters battled a stubborn fire before getting it under control Wednesday in the Vermont Square neighborhood of South Los Angeles.
The fire was reported at 2:50 a.m. and firefighters responded at 719 W. 41st St. west of Figueroa Street where they encountered fire in an attic that forced them to temporarily pull back due to questions about the viability of the attic’s roof, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange.
Firefighters then began to fight the fire inside the home and eventually were able to extinguish the flames.
It took 34 firefighters 61 minutes to put out the fire, Prange said.
No injuries were reported.