11 injured, 1 gravely, in 'suspicious' Los Angeles high-rise fire on Wilshire Boulevard

More than 300 personnel and four helicopters responded to the blaze, the fire department said. Nearby Santa Monica Fire Department, the LAPD, the L.A. Sheriff and other agencies also responded. The 240-unit Barrington Plaza high-rise, built in 1961, does not have a sprinkler system because it was constructed in an era when sprinklers weren't ...