Westlake apartment building evacuated after possible gas-related explosion

A Westlake apartment building was evacuated Wednesday afternoon after a possible gas-related explosion left a man significantly injured, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Authorities said that at around 2:19 p.m., smoke was coming from the attic vents of the two-story building at W. Fourth Street and S. Bixel Street after a possible gas-related explosion occurred.

According to an LAFD representative, a wall in a second-floor unit suffered structural damage, and the roof over that unit may have shifted.

A Department of Building and Safety inspector red-tagged the apartment at the center of the explosion and yellow-tagged two more units. The rest of the complex will be reopened by Wednesday night, according to LAFD. 

Arson investigators are still investigating the explosion.