Candle Blamed For Highland Park Apartment Fire

HIGHLAND PARK, CA — A candle left burning is believed to have ignited a fire at a Highland Park apartment building Tuesday afternoon.

The fire started just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday in the 200 block of South Avenue 50. It took 14 firefighters less than 10 minutes to extinguish the blaze, according to Nicholas Prange, a spokesman for the Los Angeles Fire Department.

There were no injuries reported, and authorities did not release an estimate for the damage.