Firefighters Monday morning battled a major emergency structure fire in the Westlake area that engulfed a two-story house and spread to two-story apartment buildings on each side.
The fire was reported at 1:17 a.m. at 255 S. Reno St., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department’s Nicholas Prange.
The flames spread from the vacant house to two garden-style apartment buildings with central hallways at 245 and 259 S. Reno St., Prange said.
An army of 150 firefighters put out the flames in 73 minutes, at 2:30 a.m., he said.
Residents from 56 units were displaced by the fire and the American Red Cross was called to the scene to assist the residents, Prange said.
One patient was treated for minor smoke inhalation and did not require transport to a hospital, he said. There were no other injuries.
The cause of the fire was under investigation, Prange said.