On Tuesday, February 14, 2006 at 2:49 a.m., six companies of Los Angeles firefighters, two LAFD rescue ambulances, three arson units, one EMS battalion captain, and one battalion chief officer command team under the direction of Battalion Chief Millage Peaks responded to a structure fire with a civilian fatality at 8407 S. Ramsgate in Westchester/Loyola Village.
Arriving firefighters found a single family dwelling with heavy fire showing. As firefighters began an aggressive attack on the interior of the structure, fellow firefighters conducted coordinated ventilation operations on the roof. As firefighters conducted a search of the occupancy and elderly female was located and declared deceased within the residence. The fire was brought under control in just ninteen minutes. There were no other injuries reported. The cause of the fire, the circumstances of the fatality, and the dollar loss are currently under investigation.