LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A 42-year-old man who was found dead after firefighters searched a burned building in the Green Meadows neighborhood of South Los Angeles that authorities say housed a cannabis operation was identified Tuesday.
Fire crews were called Saturday at 1:17 a.m. to 832 E. Manchester Ave., between Wadsworth Avenue and South McKinley Place, where they found heavy flames engulfing the abandoned, 50-foot-by-100 foot commercial building, Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman Brian Humphrey said.
According to the Los Angeles Department of Medical Examiner, Adolphe Chancy Jr. was pronounced dead at the scene.
It took 113 firefighters 75 minutes to put out the fire.
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Humphrey said fire crews continued their search of the severely damaged building in an effort to locate other possible victims.
No other deaths or injuries were reported and the cause of the fire is under investigation.