A man died in a large fire which torched a century-old home in Highland Park late Monday night.
“I had heard some glass breaking, and so I looked to my left and saw something orange,” neighbor Briana Leriget said.
“Right as we came over the hill, we saw fire coming through the front right window only, and we just immediately tried to see if anyone was inside,” Loya said. “There was a radio going on at the time, so it sounded like someone was there. I managed to get the front door open. It just went up so fast.”
“It was certainly a well-involved fire upon our arrival, very heavy flames coming out of the front of this, exposing the nearby homes,” LAFD Capt. Erik Scott said. Leriget told CBSLA that Olmedo had lived in the home with his mother for years. She said he had a mental disability and often had a caregiver while his mother worked. She described Olmedo as a soft-spoken man with kind words.
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