Ten people were taken to hospitals and 30 were displaced after an apartment complex fire Sunday afternoon in Covina, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.
About 100 firefighters responded to the second alarm of the fire after receiving a call at 2:15 p.m., Fire Service Superintendent Eddie Pickett told The Times. The fire affected multiple units of a three-story building in the 1100 block of North Conwell Street.
“They had heavy smoke coming from the third floor. It ended up affecting 10 units,” he said, adding that the fire was extinguished around 3 p.m.
“We had 10 families or 30 people displaced, and we had 10 minor to moderate injuries, all smoke-related,” Beckett said.
All the injured were transferred to hospitals.
Beckett said the condition of those injured was unknown and the cause of the fire was being investigated.
