Overview
- Crews responded around 11:10 p.m. Saturday to a one-story home on the 10900 block of North Scoville Avenue in Sunland.
- Two adult men were found inside and pronounced dead at the scene, with a third patient rapidly transported from the home.
- An 87-year-old man suffered critical burns outside, four other adults were hospitalized for smoke inhalation, and one person declined transport, for eight total patients.
- Thirty-six firefighters under Battalion Chief Scott Hilton extinguished the blaze in about 30 minutes after an aggressive interior attack.
- The LAFD Arson and Counter-Terrorism Section is investigating the cause, firefighters reported no alarms on arrival at the 1948-built house, and about 16 residents from two buildings received assistance from relief teams.