A boarded-up duplex was destroyed and a neighboring boarded-up duplex suffered damage to its exterior in a fire Sunday in Chinatown.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze at 1020 W. Bartlett St., which was reported at 5:21 p.m. Sunday, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange.
The department dispatched 26 firefighters to the scene and they knocked down the flames in 14 minutes, Prange said.
No injuries were reported and the cause of the fire remained under investigation.