Los Angeles County Fire Department investigators are trying to determine the cause of a Saturday morning house fire in La Habra that killed a 48-year-old man and two of his dogs.
A neighbor told the Times she was in her kitchen when she heard an explosion. He went out to the back porch and saw black smoke coming from his neighbor's house.
“My husband and I ran out,” Alisa Grace said. “There was another person out there, calling 911, and other neighbors came out… They ran to the front door, knocked on the windows, jumped over the fence, went in the back, trying to see if anyone was there. for all the cars in front.”
County firefighters responded to the fire around 10:38 a.m. in the 1300 block of North Farrington Avenue, the department said. The garage was completely engulfed in flames.
The department has not identified the man whose body was found inside. A family member told KTLA that the man's wife and children were traveling out of the country.
Two of the three dogs found in the home were also dead, the station reported. The third was taken to an animal hospital.
