Firefighters squelched a blaze at a Canoga Park apartment on New Year's Eve, confining the fire to a single room and averting wider destruction, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported. Light smoke was visible as responders arrived at the two-story garden-style building located at 7909 N Topanga Canyon Boulevard. Crews discovered a fire within the unit but were able to prevent it from spreading through the structure.
According to the official LAFD alert, it took 32 firefighters a mere 15 minutes to access and extinguish the flames which at the time were showing light smoke they found inside and moved diligently to control, the flames by deploying hose lines and containing the damage to just the room-of-origin. The LAFD announcement on the incident was brief but indicated that there were no injuries reported in the incident.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation, with officials probing into what may have sparked the igniting incident inside the apartment building.
"Firefighters quickly deployed hose lines to extinguish the flames and contain the damage to just the room-of-origin," the statement detailed.
