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WOODLAND HILLS (CNS) - A 78-year-old man was severely burned in a house fire today in Woodland Hills.
Los Angeles Fire Department units were called just after 2:25 p.m. to the home at 5144 N. Don Pio Drive, near Topanga Canyon Boulevard, according to department spokesman Brian Humphrey. Firefighters extinguished the flames -- on the second floor of the home -- about 10 minutes after they arrived, and rescuers located the injured man inside.
The man was taken to a hospital in unknown condition, and the nature of his injuries was not immediately known. The cause of the fire was under investigation.