Father Dies, Teen Son Critically Burned After Being Rescued From South LA House Fire
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) – A father has died and his teen son remains in critical condition after both were rescued from a South Los Angeles house fire early Monday morning.
The blaze broke out before 4:30 a.m. in the 1400 block of East 55th Street.
Los Angeles Fire Department crews arrived to find a single-story home ablaze, with a 40-year-old man trapped in one of the bedrooms. The man's 18-year-old son was also found outside the home with critical burns.
Both were rescued and rushed to local hospitals. The father later died of his injuries, the fire department reported. The son was in critical condition with burns but was expected to survive. No names were released.
Two other people who lived in the home were not hurt: the surviving teen's grandfather and the teen's brother. The grandfather had been alerted to the fire by a smoke alarm and had attempted to battle the flames with a garden hose, the fire department reported.
It took firefighters about 25 minutes to bring the blaze under control.
The cause is under investigation.
