A person described as a man in his 50s died Saturday evening after being trapped in a burning house in Hyde Park. As seen on air on the NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on March 8, 2025.
A 50-year-old man who was trapped inside a burning Hyde Park house Saturday was hospitalized and later died from his injuries.
The fire was reported at 6:55 p.m. Saturday at 7032 S. Fourth Ave., according to Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Lyndsey Lantz.
The fire was out in 22 minutes. A firefighter suffered minor injuries putting out the blaze.
"First arriving companies reported a one-story single-family dwelling with heavy fire inside two rooms,'' Lantz said. "Following reports of a person trapped, firefighters rescued a single victim."
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The cause of the fire was under investigation.
