HOLLYWOOD - A man was found dead Thursday morning, inside a burning apartment in Hollywood.
The Los Angeles Fire Department responded at 8:49 AM on January 12, 2023, to a structure fire at 5555 Harold Way. Firefighters arrived quickly to discover heavy fire within one second floor unit at the rear of the 63,682 square-foot, 70 unit 4 story (3 occupied floors over parking) center hallway style apartment building.
52 LAFD Firefighters took just 24 minutes to access, confine and fully extinguish the flames. In battling the fire, responders discovered one adult male resident deceased within the involved apartment. The circumstances surrounding his death and the cause of the fire, remain the focus of an active investigation. No other injuries have been reported.
