Friday, September 9, 2011

2 firefighters injured battling blaze at Hollywood Hills home

Two firefighters were taken to a hospital Friday night after battling a blaze at a home in the Hollywood Hills, authorities said.

The fire broke out in a two-story, single-family home in the 7300 block of Woodrow Wilson Drive about 7:55 p.m., said Matt Spence of the Los Angeles Fire Department.

He said the extent of injury to the two firefighters was unclear.

It took crews a little more than 90 minutes to knock down the flames at what Spence described as a "large" home, and firefighters struggled to ensure that it did not spread to brush near the house, Spence said.

“It was tricky, just because of where it was, on a hillside, dark, windy roads, a lot of brush,” he said, adding that “it’s extremely dark up there.”

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