Three people are dead and two others injured after a fire in the Temple City neighborhood of Los Angeles ripped through a home.
Firefighters with the L.A. County Fire Department were dispatched to a house located at 6038 Sultana Avenue just before 5 p.m. on reports of the blaze, fire officials confirmed to KTLA.
In footage of the scene obtained by KTLA, fire crews were seen on the roof of the residence as smoke continued to billow out of the home. The property showed obvious signs of fire damage, with portions of the exterior charred by heat and smoke.
Details are limited and it’s unclear exactly how the fire got started, but officials said crews called “knockdown” on the residential blaze at 5:20 p.m.
Two people were rushed to the hospital in unknown condition, though it’s unclear if it is the same two men, both elderly, that a witness told KTLA she saw running from the home with possible burn injuries.
“I just heard yelling, like long yelling,” Jane Guzman de Leon, a neighbor, said. “He was in a really distraught state.”