Overview
- The fire broke out just before 3 a.m. at a residence on the 1700 block of N. Vista del Mar Avenue in Hollywood.
- Firefighters found a 15-year-old girl who was pronounced dead at the scene and an elderly woman who was resuscitated and transported in grave condition.
- More than 40 Los Angeles Fire Department personnel knocked down the flames in about 19 to 20 minutes and conducted a search.
- The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner and arson investigators responded, and officials have not publicly identified the occupants.
- Early reports conflicted on the second victim’s outcome and on whether the structure was a single-family home or a two-story fourplex.