One person is dead after a fire raged through the seventh floor of a 12-story residential high rise in Downtown LA in the early hours of Tuesday, Sept. 16.
The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD) responded to the fire at 112 W. 5th Street at 2:02 a.m., and when the initial company arrived on the scene, smoke was visible for a corner unit on the seventh floor.
Upon entering the unit, firefighters found one person, who was declared dead at the scene. The city has not released the name of the victim as of publication, and the LAFD is investigating the cause of the fire…