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LAFD Firefighter Falls From Ladder at Arlington Heights Blaze, Suffers Minor Injury

Nearly 80 firefighters quickly contained the two-story house fire.

Overview

  • The blaze was reported just before 5:15 p.m. Saturday at a two-story home in the 1500 block of South Wilton Place in Arlington Heights.
  • A firefighter slipped while moving from an aerial ladder to a ladder at a second-floor window and fell to the ground before immediately standing to be checked by crew members.
  • LAFD reported the firefighter sustained a minor injury that did not require hospitalization.
  • Crews operating in offensive mode extinguished the fire a little after 5:30 p.m. with nearly 80 personnel on scene.
  • Flames burned the home's second floor and attic, no neighboring structures were exposed, and the cause remains under investigation as overhaul continues.