BRIEFLY : FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN SHERMAN OAKS.SHERMAN OAKS - A firefighter was injured Thursday night in an apartment complex fire at 14209 Riverside Drive A number of cities around the world have a Riverside Drive. In the United States:
It took about 40 minutes for 65 firefighters to put out the blaze that heavily damaged one unit on the second floor of a three-story, 20 unit building, said Brian Humphrey, a spokesman for the 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. . The cause of the fire was under investigation. The firefighter suffered first-degree burns to his neck and suffered from smoke inhalation Smoke Inhalation Definition Smoke inhalation is breathing in the harmful gases, vapors, and particulate matter contained in smoke. Description Smoke inhalation typically occurs in victims or firefighters caught in structural fires. . He was taken to an area hospital where he was in fair condition Thursday night. - Daily News Chinatown collision hospitalizes seven Seven people were hospitalized - four in critical condition - when three vehicles collided and one of them plowed into a group of pedestrians at a Chinatown bus stop today, a city fire spokesman said. The accident occurred at 5:06 p.m. at the intersection of Main and North Alameda streets, said 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. City Fire spokesman Brian Humphrey. The cause was not immediately known, but witnesses said one of the vehicles, a white sedan Sedan (sədäN`), town (1990 pop. 22,407), Ardennes dept., NE France, on the Meuse River. A noted textile center since the 16th cent., Sedan also has metal and brewing industries. The town became part of French crown lands in 1642. , hit the other vehicles. The driver of the white sedan had to be extricated ex·tri·cate tr.v. ex·tri·cat·ed, ex·tri·cat·ing, ex·tri·cates 1. To release from an entanglement or difficulty; disengage. 2. Archaic To distinguish from something related. from the car and was taken to Los Angeles County/USC Medical Center in critical condition, Humphrey said. A 42-year-old woman who was a passenger in a Volvo also was taken to County/USC Medical Center in critical condition with a broken leg, he said. The driver of the third car got out unassisted but was later hospitalized, he added. Two male pedestrians were hospitalized in critical condition, the spokesman said. Two other pedestrians were hospitalized with lesser injuries. - City News Service 29-year-old cyclist dies riding in park A 29-year-old Los Angeles man died today when he became ill while riding his mountain bike in Topanga State Park Topanga State Park is a California state park located in Los Angeles County. It is located adjacent to the unincorporated community of Topanga, California, within the city of Los Angeles, California. Covering 11,000 acres (45 km²) it is the largest state park within city limits. , a Los Angeles city fire spokesman said. The cyclist was riding his bike at 1:34 p.m. up a steep incline at Sullivan Fire Road, about 100 yards north of Camp Joseph, when he told the others in the group he was riding with that he was tired and was going to stop, said city fire spokesman Brian Humphrey. The man, whose name was not released, was later found by another group of riders on the ground not breathing and without a pulse, Humphrey said. They unsuccessfully tried to revive the man with cardiopulmonary resuscitation cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), emergency procedure used to treat victims of cardiac and respiratory arrest. CPR can be done in a hospital with drugs and special equipment or as a first-aid technique. , he said. ``He appeared fit and had no known medical problems,'' Humphrey said. - City News Service |
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