Authorities are investigating the cause of a house fire that claimed the life of a man Sunday in the Florence neighborhood of Los Angeles, officials announced.
Crews with the Los Angeles Fire Department responded to calls about the blaze at 140 E. 71st Street at around 6:18 p.m.
It took 40 firefighters just 14 minutes to get to the scene, access the blaze, confine and fully extinguish flames in one room of a single-story family home, according to a department news release. Footage of the incident posted to the Citizen App showed smoke coming from the home that could be seen from several blocks away. Firefighters were also seen on the roof of the home.
“During the well-coordinated fire attack, firefighters discovered one person deceased inside the residence,” fire officials noted in the release.