Firefighters rescued three people from a burning building in the Florence section of South Los Angeles Thursday.
The fire was reported just after 10 a.m. Thursday at 130 E. 60th Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Crews arrived at the two-story apartment in the rear of the property to find smoke coming from the structure and heard reports that people were trapped.
“Firefighters immediately rescued three people from the second floor and then coordinated roof ventilation and interior fire attack on the first and second floors,” said department spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz.
Crews snuffed fire on both floors in under 15 minutes with 33 firefighters working on scene, she said.
Paramedics tended to the three rescued patients at the scene and all were reported top be in fair condition.
The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.