1 dead after garage fire, fireworks explosions caught on video at South LA home
ABC7 Los Angeles • • nation
Key Points:
- A fire in a detached garage in South Los Angeles early Saturday morning led to a series of fireworks explosions, resulting in one confirmed death.
- Firefighters extinguished the fire within 20 minutes after responding at 5:32 a.m. near the 2400 block of South Ninth Avenue, close to Jefferson Park.
- A 30-year-old woman was injured during the explosions, and an arson unit with cadaver dogs was called to the scene for a possible missing person.
- The Los Angeles Police Department recovered a large quantity of fireworks from the home, and the identity of the deceased has not been released.
- The cause of the fire remains under investigation by authorities.
