A fire at a three-story apartment building in Mar Vista was quickly knocked down Monday evening, and one woman at the scene was hospitalized for smoke exposure, authorities said.
The fire was reported around 7:30 p.m. at 3726 S. Sawtelle Blvd., according to the Los Angeles Fire Department, which sent 20 firefighters to the scene, who were aided by personnel from the neighboring Culver City Fire Department.
They encountered flames burning in one unit of the building, which had two floors of residential units over a ground-floor parking area. The flames wee extinguished in 11 minutes, according to the LAFD.
A woman in the apartment involved with fire was taken to a hospital by LAFD paramedics in fair condition following her exposure to “copious smoke from the fire,” the department said.
No other injuries were reported. The cause of the fire was under investigation.