BRIEFLY.Candles blamed for fatal fire WINNETKA -- A 40-year-old woman died early Saturday in a house fire started by burning candles, but her two young sons and a friend were awakened by smoke alarms and escaped, officials said. The boys -- 9- and 11-year-old brothers and a 10-year-old friend -- were having a sleepover when the smoke alarm went off in the three-bedroom home in the 7000 block of Laramie Avenue, 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 Brian Humphrey said. Firefighters responding to the 2:20 a.m. call extinguished a burning mattress in one of the bedrooms, where they found the woman's body. Humphrey said she apparently became disoriented dis·o·ri·ent tr.v. dis·o·ri·ent·ed, dis·o·ri·ent·ing, dis·o·ri·ents To cause (a person, for example) to experience disorientation. Adj. 1. and sought refuge from the fire in a closet. The woman, whose name was not released, had been burning candles, which ignited the bedroom furnishings, sending heavy smoke through the single-story house, Humphrey said. An autopsy on the woman is pending. Her sons were in the custody of their grandparents grandparents npl → abuelos mpl grandparents grand npl → grands-parents mpl grandparents grand npl . -- Daily News Man, 36, drowns in condo pool PORTER RANCH -- A 36-year-old man drowned Saturday while swimming alone in the pool of a condominium complex, officials said. The unidentified man was found by a passer-by about 12:05 p.m. in the bottom of the pool in the complex in the 19500 block of Rinaldi Street. Paramedics were unable to revive him. -- Daily News No one injured in LAPD 1. LAPD - Link Access Procedure on the D channel. 2. LAPD - Los Angeles Police Department. shooting NORTH HOLLYWOOD -- No one was hurt in an early morning shooting that involved an undercover Los Angeles Police Department "LAPD" and "L.A.P.D." redirect here. For other uses, see LAPD (disambiguation).  This article or section is written like an . officer,
authorities said Saturday.
The shooting occurred about 1 a.m. near Tujunga Avenue and Huston Street Huston Lowell Street (born August 2, 1983, in Austin, Texas) is a relief pitcher for the Oakland Athletics, currently best known for winning the 2005 American League Rookie of the Year. His father is former University of Texas quarterback James Street. , officials said. Although no one was hit, an officer jumping out of his car injured his elbow, police said. Two men were taken into custody, officials said. -- City News Service |
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