30-year-old man in critical condition after daring high-wire escape from raging fire in West Los Angeles high-rise.
Eleven people were injured in the blaze, which broke out on the seventh floor of a 25-story building on West Wilshire Boulevard in the neighborhood of Sawtelle, authorities said.
Firefighters use a ladder to rescue a 30-year-old man clinging to the side of a West Los Angeles high-rise after fire broke out in the 25-story building, Jan. 29, 2020. "This guy had started pretty far back and he climbed a good amount of the way to get to the right side of the building, to get away from the flames," Fabian added."I don't know how he did that and managed not to fall."Firefighters were ultimately able to position a truck ladder under the man and pull him to safety.
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