On Tuesday, October 3, 2006 at 7:51 PM, 20 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, seven LAFD Rescue Ambulances, three Arson Units, two Urban Search and Rescue Units, one Hazardous Materials Team, three EMS Battalion Captains, four Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, one Division Chief Officer Command Team, under the direction of Assistant Chief Terrance Manning responded to a Major Emergency Structure Fire at 421 S. La Fayette Park Pl. in LAFAYETTE PARK.

First units reported a six-story garden style condominium complex with fire and heavy smoke showing from one unit on the 3rd floor. Firefighters using handlines made an aggressive attack on the fire, encountering a tremendous volume of heavy smoke and heat on the fire floor. Quick and skillful teamwork by 142 members of the LAFD extinguished the blaze in thirty-four minutes.

During firefighting operations a fifty year old male was rescued from the fire unit and was subsequently transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in critical condition with severe smoke inhalation. An adult female male was treated for a head injury and transported to Kaiser Hospital.

Approximately 7 people were displaced and assisted by the American Red Cross. Monetary loss from the fire is still being tabulated, and The cause of the fire remains under active investigation.