Three people were confirmed dead in a residential fire in a Temple City neighborhood Sunday.
The fire was reported about 4:50 p.m. Sunday in the 6000 block of Sultana Avenue, just east of Rosemead Boulevard (SR-19), according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department’s Fred Fielding. The fire was knocked down in half an hour.
Firefighters treated two additional patients and transported them to area hospitals in critical condition, Fielding said.
The fatalities were not immediately identified and the relationships of the victims was not yet known.
No other homes were affected, Fielding said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.