A fire in one apartment of a fourplex in the Green Meadows area killed a dog and left five people displaced Saturday.
Firefighters just clearing a nearby emergency noticed the smoke plume at 3:31 p.m. and rushed to 10615 S. Avalon Blvd., said Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey.
“It took the first 30 arriving LAFD personnel just 13 minutes to access, confine and fully extinguish flames in the downstairs portion of a two-story residential fourplex,” Humphrey said.
Firefighters rescued six dogs from the unit of origin and were able to save five with medical care and oxygen but one dog died at the scene, Humphrey said.
No human injuries were reported, but four adults and one child were displaced and assisted by the American Red Cross in finding a place to stay, he said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation, he said.