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6 Firefighters Injured In Hollywood Hills House Fire


LOS ANGELES (AP) — Six Los Angeles firefighters have been hurt, one seriously, when a roof collapsed during a Hollywood Hills house fire.

Roughly 75 city and county firefighters were dispatched to the North Viewsite Drive blaze at 11:19 p.m. Wednesday and the fire was extinguished about 95 minutes later.

Fire captain Jamie Moore tells KNX 1070 the most seriously injured firefighter, who was close to retirement, is "fighting for his life" after the property's ceiling collapsed.

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Deputy Chief Mario Rueda says the firefighters were battling the fire on the roof when the roof collapsed on the two-story cliff-side home. Firefighters on the roof and inside the home were hurt.

Four other firefighters, two each from Los Angeles city and county fire departments, were treated at a hospital and released. An LA city firefighter was admitted for a broken ankle, officials said.

Rueda says the fire appears to have started near a fireplace and moved into the attic.

Two people inside the home got out safely.

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