BRIEFLY : FATHER'S GASOLINE FIRE BADLY BURNS TODDLER.SUNLAND - A 1-1/2-year-old Sunland boy suffered second- and third-degree burns third-degree burns npl → brûlures fpl au troisième degré third-degree burns third npl → Verbrennungen pl dritten Grades over 25 percent of his body Saturday after some gasoline that splashed on his clothing caught fire, a Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. spokesman said. The boy's father was burning off a small amount of gasoline by pouring it into a plate and setting fire to it when the toddler picked up the gasoline container and carried it around, inadvertently splashing gas on his pants, fire spokesman Bob Collis said. When the child drew close to the fire, his clothes ignited, Collis said. Firefighters arrived at the house in the 8200 block of Kyle Street at about 4:30 p.m. The boy was taken to Verdugo Hills High School Verdugo Hills High School (VHHS) is a public school located in Tujunga, Los Angeles, California within the Los Angeles Unified School District. The school serves students from several areas of Los Angeles, including Sunland, Tujunga, Lake View Terrace, and portions of North and then airlifted to Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center (also known as County USC) is an 800-bed teaching hospital located in East Los Angeles in the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. . Collis said the prognosis for the boy's recovery is good. Police did not arrest the father but warned him to be more careful with open flames. ``Hopefully, Dad won't do this again,'' Collis said. ?13Daily News Gunman takes cash from Boston Market Boston Market (known before 1995 as Boston Chicken), headquartered in Golden, Colorado, is a chain of American fast-food restaurants. Founded in December 1985 in Newton, Massachusetts, the chain grew rapidly in the early and mid-1990s, filed bankruptcy in the late 1990s, and VAN NUYS - A gunman hid in the bathroom of a Boston Market in Van Nuys until the restaurant closed, then forced the manager to unlock the safe before fleeing with cash, police said Saturday. The robbery occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Friday at 14480 Sherman Way, said Sgt. Lydia Diaz of the Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. Police Department's Van Nuys station. ``The suspect hid in the bathroom, then as the acting manager was locking up, he opened the bathroom door and was confronted by the suspect,'' Diaz said. After getting an unknown amount of cash from the safe, the gunman fled on foot, she said. The manager was not hurt. ?13City News Service 2-year-old, teen-ager critical after shooting A shooting left a 2-year-old girl and her 14-year-old brother critically wounded Saturday, police said. Few details of the incident were available late Saturday night, said LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. spokesman Don Cox. ``It was some type of a shooting situation. We don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. whether it was gang-related or anything at this time,'' he said. The shooting occurred about 8 p.m. in South Central Los Angeles, he said. Both victims were in critical condition at Martin Luther King Jr.-Drew Medical Center, said Los Angeles County Safety Police Lt. John Williams. ?13Associated Press |
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