LAKE VIEW TERRACE, CA – A woman died in a house fire in Lake View Terrace, east of San Fernando, early yesterday morning, according to KTLA.
The accident happened in the 11500 block of Kismet Avenue at about 3:40 a.m. when the back of a one-story house, which authorities describe as “excessively filled with personal storage,” caught on fire. According to investigators, the home had no functioning fire alarms.
A woman, not yet publicly identified, was found inside the home once firefighters had nearly extinguished the blaze. She was declared dead at the scene.
The fire was extinguished in about 30 minutes.
The fire is under investigation at this time.