Long Beach
Fire Department

Fire Headquarters
3205 Lakewood Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90808
(562) 570-2500
5/30/2017
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPress Release # 05302017
Subject:
Early Morning Apartment Fire in Long Beach Leaves One Dead.
Cause of the fire remains under investigation.
Contact:
Jake Heflin
(562) 760-6950
Jacob.Heflin@longbeach.gov
Firefighter/Paramedic/PIO
Long Beach Fire Department




At 2:16 a.m., fire units responded to reports of a fire alarm with smoke at a 2 story apartment unit on the 1500 block of Magnolia Ave. At 2:22 a.m., Engine 3 arrived onscene at reported "nothing showing, investigating."

At 2:24 a.m., as firefighters accessed the second floor of the apartment building, they noted light smoke coming from the involved unit. Firefighters forced access into the unit and encountered heavy, black smoke. Firefighters initiated fire attack and during primary search operations, they found 1 victim, a confirmed fatality. The individual, an adult male, was found in the bedroom.

The apartment sustained heavy smoke damage throughout with fire damage noted in the bedroom. The fire was extinguished at approximately 2:30 a.m. 27 firefighters were onscene of this incident. Currently, Long Beach Fire Investigators are onscene with Long Beach Police as they work to determine cause and origin of the fire. No other residents were displaced and no other reports of injuries.


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