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Firefighter injured in fall while battling Canoga Park fire

By Corina Knoll
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A firefighter was injured early Thursday after falling about 16 feet from his ladder while fighting a fire at a Canoga Park building, authorities said.

The man was among 62 firefighters who responded to a blaze at a multi-unit commercial building in the 7800 block of Canoga Avenue about 2:10 a.m., Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Erik Scott said.

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He was taken to a hospital and listed in fair condition. His name and age were not released.

The fire was knocked down in about 30 minutes.

Arson investigators were called to the scene to help determine the cause of the fire, Scott said. The extent of damage was unknown.

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-- Corina Knoll

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Corina Knoll

Corina Knoll is a former reporter for the Metro section of the Los Angeles Times. She was on the team that investigated corruption in Bell — which led to the paper’s 2011 Pulitzer Prize for public service — and went on to cover the trials of the city’s former officials. She later contributed to the paper’s coverage of the San Bernardino terror attack that won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news. As a regional reporter, she wrote features about the San Gabriel Valley and the Westside. During her courts beat, she covered high-profile criminal cases and civil disputes, including the Jackson family vs AEG and Bryan Stow vs LA Dodgers. She and two colleagues investigated sheriff’s deputies whose histories of misconduct landed them on the department’s top-secret Brady list. She left The Times in January 2019. Raised in the Midwest, she is a graduate of Macalester College.

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