{"id":40405,"date":"2013-07-23T17:49:22","date_gmt":"2013-07-24T00:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=40405"},"modified":"2013-07-27T15:25:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-27T22:25:06","slug":"fire-destroys-palmdale-apartment-deemed-accidental","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/07\/23\/fire-destroys-palmdale-apartment-deemed-accidental\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire destroys Palmdale apartment, deemed accidental"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Forty-five<\/a>
Forty-five firefighters responded to a fire at the La Quinta apartments in Palmdale. (Photos by LUIS MEZA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

PALMDALE \u2013 Fire gutted a Palmdale apartment Tuesday morning and displaced three residents but caused no injuries, authorities said.<\/p>\n

\"La<\/a>The blaze was reported around 7 a.m. at the La Quinta Apartments at 38301 11th Street East in Palmdale, according to L.A. County Fire Department\u00a0Battalion Chief Larry Tucker.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a structure fire in a two-story multi-family apartment complex. The fire was contained to one unit,\u201d Tucker said. \u201cWe had seven pieces of equipment [and] 45 firefighting personnel respond. Knockdown was accomplished in about 20 minutes after the first unit\u2019s arrival.\u201d<\/p>\n

The fire was caused by accidental means, Tucker said.<\/p>\n

\"Neighbors<\/a>
Neighbors believe this grill sparked the blaze.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Several residents at the complex were forced to evacuate their apartments in their pajamas, as firefighters worked on the roof to put out the fire.<\/p>\n

A few neighbors, who did not give their names, blamed the fire on a balcony barbecue and said the grill was too close to the wall. This theory was not confirmed by fire department officials.<\/p>\n

The apartment was declared a total loss, and its three adult residents are being assisted by the American Red Cross, Chief Tucker said.<\/p>\n

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PALMDALE \u2013 Fire gutted a Palmdale apartment Tuesday morning and displaced three residents but caused no injuries, authorities said. The blaze was reported around 7 a.m. at the La Quinta Apartments at 38301 11th Street East in Palmdale, according to L.A. County Fire Department\u00a0Battalion Chief Larry Tucker. \u201cWe had a structure fire in a two-story […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":40406,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40405"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}