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.