Photos: Fire claims lives of two teens in Crenshaw area
In the wake of an apartment fire early Thursday that claimed the lives of 15-year-old twin boys, a family friend weeps in the foreground as the distraught father, Ronald Marroquin, sits with his head in his hands. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Arson investigators at the scene where two 15-year-old boys were found dead at an apartment complex fire Thursday in the Crenshaw area. The fire was reported at 3:13 a.m. in the 4000 block of Ursula Avenue, a Los Angeles Fire Department dispatch supervisor said. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Arson investigators pore over the scene at the apartment. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
A neighbor walking in the alley behind the apartment house gazes up at the blackened structure a few hours after the deadly blaze had been put out. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Saddened family members gather in front of the apartment complex where 15-year-old twin brothers Edward and Erick Marroquin died in an early-morning fire Thursday. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
Magdalena Platero, 61, aunt of the teen victims, comforts the boys’ 37-year-old father, Ronald Marroquin, in front of the apartment complex. See full story(Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)
