Three people died and two more were critically injured in a house fire that broke out late Monday in the Florence-Graham neighborhood.
Three people were killed in a house fire late Monday in South Los Angeles, authorities said.
The Los Angeles County Fire Department responded about 11:45 p.m. to the 8700 block of Compton Boulevard in the Florence-Graham neighborhood, said Deputy Trina Schrader, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s deputies responded as well. Firefighters entered the home and found a man in the living room. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Schrader said the manner and cause of death would be determined by the county medical examiner-coroner.
Four other people were found alive but badly injured inside the home and were taken to hospitals, Schrader said. Two of the people later died , and the others were in critical condition Tuesday morning, she said. The gender and ages of the victims weren’t immediately known, she added.Sheriff’s arson detectives responded to the scene about 1 a.m. Tuesday, Schrader said. She did not know whether authorities had detected any signs of arson at the scene.
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