LAFD Extinguishes Massive Fire in Chinatown; 90-Year-Old Man in Critical Condition

Firefighters with the Los Angeles Fire Department extinguish the flames of a fire in Los Angeles, in a file photo. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

LOS ANGELES—A 90-year-old man is in critical condition Friday after being rescued from a raging fire that damaged a vacant three-story apartment building under construction in Chinatown, along with other buildings in the neighborhood.

Fire crews responded at 3:43 a.m. to the 700 block of West New Depot Street—near the 800 block of North Bunker Hill Avenue and east of the Harbor (110) Freeway—where they encountered intense flames burning on the first and third floors of the vacant building, LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said.