A man was killed in a house fire near the Manchester Square neighborhood of Los Angeles and a firefighter suffered serious injuries battling the blaze, authorities said.
The fire was reported at 6:55 p.m. Saturday at 7032 S. Fourth Ave., a few blocks north of Manchester Avenue, 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 approximately 50-year-old man was rushed to a hospital in grave condition, where he was pronounced dead, according to the LAFD.
A 33-year-old firefighter suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries battling the blaze, the department added. He was taken to a hospital.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.