Firefighters contained the blaze to a single top-floor unit. (photo by Edwin Folven)

A fire damaged an apartment in a building in the 5300 block of San Vicente Boulevard near South Dunsmuir Avenue on Dec. 31. The Los Angeles Fire Department received a report at 10:10 p.m. about a fire in a unit on the top floor of the three-story building. Firefighters defended adjacent apartments and contained the blaze to the single unit. The flames were extinguished in approximately 15 minutes. Nobody was inside the unit and the cause remains under investigation. No information about damage and value of loss was provided.