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Tuesday, June 27, 2017

Teen Killed, Man Injured in Hyde Park Converted Garage Fire

A teen was killed and a man was injured in a fire at a converted garage in Hyde Park Tuesday morning, officials said.

LAFD Capt. Erik Scott tweeted this photo of a home in Hyde Park where a teen was killed and a man was injured in a converted garage fire on June 27, 2017.

The blaze was reported about 8:45 a.m. in the 4800 block of South Crenshaw Boulevard, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.

Responding firefighters found a converted garage in flames and the blaze was knocked down in about 15 minutes.

Once the fire was out, firefighters found a 17-year-old boy, one of four people who lived in the garage, dead inside.

The man, believed to be the boy’s brother, suffered non life threatening injuries and was taken to a hospital in good condition.

The blaze is under investigation.



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