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1 Dead After House Fire In Watts

WATTS (CBS) — One person was found dead early Monday morning after fire crews extinguished a house fire in Watts, authorities said.

Firefighters sent to the 1600 block of East 115th Street at 6:33 a.m. extinguished the blaze at a single-family house in 24 minutes, Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said.

The cause of the fire was not immediately determined.

The victim has not yet been identified.

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