Firefighters battled a large blaze that broke out early Friday morning in the Hollywood Hills West neighborhood.
The fire was burning at a multi-story building in the 1700 block of North Courtney Avenue, Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said in a news alert shortly before 5 a.m.
The structure was initially described as an apartment building but it was later unclear if it was a single-family residence.
Heavy smoke and fire were showing when firefighters arrived at the building, which has three stories in the front and two stories in the back.
Excessive storage inside the structure was creating access challenges for firefighters, Stewart stated.
Active flames could still be seen burning in the structure at 6 a.m., aerial video from Sky5 showed.
Nearly 50 firefighters eventually managed to extinguish the fire in just under 2 hours.
No injuries were reported in the incident.
The cause of the fire is under investigation.
