1 dead after garage fire, fireworks explosions caught on video at home in South LA’s Jefferson Park, LAFD says
SOUTH LOS ANGELES (KABC) — One person was pronounced dead Saturday morning after a fire in a detached garage triggered a series of fireworks explosions in a residential area of South Los Angeles, officials said.
Firefighters responded at 5:32 a.m. to the 2400 block of South Ninth Avenue and extinguished the fire within 20 minutes, the Los Angeles Fire Department said. The home is just south of the 10 Freeway near Jefferson Park.
Citizen App video footage recorded by a passing driver showed fireworks exploding over the garage and nearby homes as tall flames and a column of black smoke rose into the sky.
Firefighters say a 30-year-old woman was injured in the explosion.
Just after 7 a.m., the fire department said the incident commander at the scene requested an arson unit and cadaver dogs for a possible missing person.
The fatality was confirmed hours later by a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Department, whose detectives also responded to the location. The identity of the deceased person was not immediately released.
Officers also removed a large quantity of fireworks from the home, an LAPD spokesperson said.
The cause of the fire was under investigation.
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