Fire damages outbuilding, guest house in Westlake area

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LOS ANGELES (CNS) - Firefighters today knocked down a blaze that spread from an outbuilding to a two-story guest house in the Westlake community of Los Angeles, authorities said today.

The 54 firefighters dispatched at 6:24 a.m. to the 800 block of South Bonnie Brae Street split their efforts to extinguish both structures in 24 minutes, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.

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"Firefighters found one occupant in the living quarters and evacuated him," said Nicholas Prange of the Los Angeles Fire Department. "As a precaution, firefighters-paramedics did a full assessment and found him to be in good condition, with no need for treatment or transport."

No injuries were reported and a cause of the fire was under investigation.

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