Overview
- Firefighters responded around 2:55 p.m. to a structure fire in the 6900 block of North Burnet Avenue in Van Nuys.
- Crews encountered heavy smoke from the rear of a one-story home and initiated an interior attack with vertical ventilation.
- A man believed to be about 50 was found during a secondary search, transported to a hospital, and later pronounced dead.
- The blaze was extinguished in just over 20 minutes, and no firefighter injuries were reported.
- Arson investigators are examining the origin and cause, and early reports had described the man’s condition as grave before his death was confirmed.