High-rise fire

A workers cleans the face of the Barrington Plaza Apartments after a fire.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Resident Lindsay Bustillos, left, packs her apartment as her sonKai Worawan, is watched by his grandmother Diane Bustillos at the Barrington Plaza Apartments in West Los Angeles. Lindsay found out during a fire at the apartments on Oct. 18 that the building is not equipped with a sprinkler system. So Bustillos, her husband and son are packing up and headed to Thousand Oaks.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Resident Lindsay Bustillos spends some time with her son, Kai Worawan, on the balcony of their apartment, a few floors down from where a fire broke out at the Barrington Plaza Apartments in West Los Angeles.   (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Lindsay Bustillos, holding her son Kai, and her mother Diane Bustillos watch as firefighters contain the blaze at the Barrington Plaza, where Lindsay and her son live. “I smelled the smoke and immediately grabbed the baby and diaper bag,” said Lindsay about her escape from the burning building.   (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

A man is taken to an ambulance after being brought out of Barrington Plaza during the fire.  (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

A Barrington Plaza resident is brought out on a wheelchair.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Tenant Gizem Yontar, left, hugs her friend Ninoofar Ghassemi as firefighters work to contain the fire.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

A man is treated after being brought out of the burning Barrington Plaza.   (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters scrutinize damage to the building.  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters look out from a charred balcony after putting out the fire, which is under investigation.   (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

A man is taken to an ambulance after being brought out of Barrington Plaza.   (Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)