One Person Injured In La Crescenta Apartment Fire

LA CRESCENTA, CA – Authorities are investigating Friday the cause of a fire at an apartment building in La Crescenta that left a person with a smoke inhalation injury.

The fire was reported about 1:30 p.m. Thursday in three-story building in the 3100 block of Montrose Avenue, according to the Glendale Fire Department.

Firefighters from the Glendale, Burbank and Los Angeles County fire departments extinguished the flames in 22 minutes. The injured person was treated at a hospital. Utility crews repaired a natural gas leak and some downed power lines.

A damage estimate was not immediately released. (For more California news, sign up for real-time news alerts and free morning newsletters from your local California Patch . If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

City News Service and Patch staffer Emily Holland contributed to this post; Image via Shutterstock