Crime & Safety
UPDATED: House on Fire in Pacific Palisades
Heavy fire, smoke is coming from the attic.
Originally posted at 12:09 p.m. July 23, 2014. Edited to add photo, new details.
UPDATE at 9:06 p.m.: Arson detectives were actively investigating the cause of the fire, City News Service reported.
UPDATE AT 12:38 p.m.: The fire is now out, according to a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman. The cause is still under investigation.
Original post:
A fire is burning in a house in the 500 block of Las Casas Avenue in Pacific Palisades.
Tweets report that the fire is in the attic of a one-story house and that there is heavy smoke.
KTLA reports the call first came in at 11:35 a.m. at 523 Las Casas Ave. A fire official was quoted as saying the attic was “well involved in fire."
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