On Thursday, October 11, at 5:37 PM, 14 Companies of Los Angeles Firefighters, 5 LAFD Rescue Ambulances, 3 Arson Units, 2 Urban Search and Rescue Units, 1 Hazardous Materials Team, 2 EMS Battalion Captains, 3 Battalion Chief Officer Command Teams, and 1 Division Chief Officer Command Team, under the direction of Assistant Chief Timothy Manning responded to a Civilian Fatality Structure Fire at 8070 Langdon Avenue in Van Nuys.
Firefighters arrived to find a three-story apartment complex with heavy fire in one unit on the third floor. Firefighters immediately began to attack the fire from within the apartment as fellow Firefighters provided vertical ventilation from the roof.
Initial reports indicated that there was possibly one person missing who may have exited the apartment, and then returned to the unit for an unknown reason.
During firefighting operations, an initial search was conducted and Firefighters discovered the body of a twenty-eight year-old male within the apartment unit.
Seventy-Five Firefighters were able to contain the fire in twenty minutes and contain the bulk of the damage to one apartment on the third floor. The cause of the fire and the circumstances of the fatality remain under investigation. The dollar loss is still being tabulated.