Students escape fire "just in time"
Fire officials say three foreign exchange students escaped from their burning Temple City townhome "just in time" Saturday.
The blaze occurred about 7 a.m. in the 6200 block of Rosemead Boulevard, officials said.
The students, two men and a woman, were all in their early 20s and were believed to be exchange students from China, Los Angeles County Fire Department Capt. Al Traxler said.
The fire was sparked by a space heater downstairs and started moving up the stairs of the two-story townhome toward the upstairs bedrooms where the residents slept.
They awoke and smelled fire, and were able to get out before the fire blocked the stairwell, Traxler said.
The students had suit around their noses but were not injured, he said.
The townhouse was a total loss, Traxler said, and the damage was estimated at about $350,000.
The students were relocated with the help of the Red Cross.
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why no info regarding Diamond Bar High school rapist??
please tell what's going on
"Suit" around their noses?
Were they taylor made?
Puleeze, gimme a break!!!
They had "suit" around their noses?
Glad they got out safely.
"Soot" "Tailor"
Nothin' quite like the blind leading the blind. =) j/k.
There was a heavy police presence around Fendyke Avenue in Rosemead on Thursday or Friday night. Anything on the blotter?
Nose "suits" are very popular among young Chinese urbanites; it is the fashion craze in China. The nose suits were the brainchild of a Chinese clothing designer, he was visiting Sunset Blvd in Hollywood and saw many young Hollywood rockers wearing nose rings and thought why not provide a bolder fashion statement than a simple nose ring, and voila the nose suit was born.
Suit = soot. You got me. That was a pretty lame error. Thanks for pointing it out.