Published 3 days ago • loading... • Updated 17 hours ago
'We Found Parts of Him': Witness Recounts Deadly Fireworks Explosion at Los Angeles Home
Investigators are determining whether the blaze or another cause killed the man as bomb squad and arson teams recover illegal fireworks.
On Saturday, Los Angeles Police Department officers discovered a body while removing a large quantity of illegal fireworks from a property in the 2400 block of 9th Avenue in South Los Angeles.
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded at 5:32 a.m. Saturday to a detached garage 'fully involved with fire and explosions,' extinguishing the blaze within 20 minutes.
Paramedics evaluated a 30-year-old woman for an unknown injury, while cadaver dogs helped locate the body inside a studio apartment situated behind the garage.
LAPD spokesman Dennis Orris said investigators remain uncertain whether the fire caused the death or if the individual died prior to the blaze.
Illegal fireworks remain a persistent, dangerous issue in the Los Angeles region, where celebrations often continue for hours on end, particularly around the Fourth of July.