A 50-year-old man died after being trapped inside a burning Hyde Park house Saturday.
The fire was reported at 6:55 p.m. Saturday at 7032 S. Fourth Ave., according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz. The fire was out in 22 minutes.
“First arriving companies reported a one-story single-family dwelling with heavy fire inside two rooms,” Lantz said. “Following reports of a person trapped, firefighters rescued a single victim.”
The man, considered in critical to grave condition, was rushed to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to the LAFD.
Paramedics took a firefighter to a hospital with minor burn injuries, Lantz said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.