A man was critically injured Friday at the scene of a fire that damaged a vacant house in Boyle Heights.
The fire was reported about 7:05 a.m. in the single-story building in the 2500 block of East Folsom Street, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
Firefighters extinguished the fire in about a half hour and prevented the flames from spreading to adjacent buildings, the LAFD reported.
The injured man was taken to a hospital in critical condition, the LAFD reported. Information was not immediately available on the nature of his injuries.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
