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'Fire! Fire! Get Out!' Good Samaritans Warn Residents In Westlake District Of Nearby Blaze

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) — Video captured men pounding on windows in a home in the Westlake District Wednesday to warn them of a fire nearby.

"Fire! Fire! Get out!" men were heard yelling as they pounded on windows as a fire burned in the background. The fire had broken out just after midnight on Virgil Avenue near Second Street.

Firefighters needed just 20 minutes to put the fire out.

No injuries were reported and it's not clear what started the fire.

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