[09-03-2022] Los Angeles County, CA – Three People Sustained Burn Injuries in an Apartment Building Fire in the University Park Area

Three people were burned in a fire inside a two-story apartment building in Los Angeles’ University Park neighborhood on Saturday evening, September 03, 2022.

According to Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Nicholas Prange, the victims were a 35-year-old male, a 30-year-old woman, and a 10-year-old kid whose gender was not revealed.

According to Prange, the fire broke out at around 7:03 p.m. at 1368 W. 24th St. The fire was reported.

The fire department sent 34 firefighters to the scene and put out the fire in 11 minutes.

All three victims were taken to the hospital.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation.

Fire Accident Statistics

A fire accident can be caused by many potential dangers, such as a fuel tank, a defective product, a vehicle crash, defective appliances, cooking hazards, or poor personal safety.

According to the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), a fire department responds to a fire every 23 seconds in the United States, and one residential fire-related injury happens every 46 minutes.

In 2020, 1,388,500 fires killed 3,500 people and injured 15,200 more.

Hazardous gas inhalation induced by flames causes the majority of fire-related fatalities. Flames and burns cause only around 30% of fire-related deaths and injuries.

Approximately 13 million fires occur annually in the United States, resulting in over 3,300 deaths and 14,000 injuries.

Preventing a fire is the safest approach to dealing with it. A fire prevention strategy contains specifics and thoroughly examines all measures and safety exercises.

Los Angeles County Fire Accident Lawyers

Fire accident scenes are chaotic. Firefighting operations might disrupt or even destroy vital evidence. This makes tracing the source of ignition challenging at times.

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Our Los Angeles fire accident attorneys at Arash Law will help you recover what you are entitled to following the accident. Our attorneys are well-aware of how tragic this accident is.

Even small home fires can inflict serious injuries and, all too frequently, death to the inhabitants or occupants owing to burns and burn-related injuries, smoke inhalation, building collapse, and a variety of other processes that cause physical injury or fatality. Whatever type of fire-related injury it is, you are entitled to compensation.

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