Body is found after outdoor fire
City firefighters discovered a man’s body early Saturday morning after extinguishing a Montecito Heights fire.
The outdoor blaze was reported shortly before 3 a.m. in the 3100 block of Amethyst Street northeast of downtown, said Brian Humphrey, a Los Angeles Fire Department spokesman. Firefighters extinguished the blaze, then found the victim, who was taken to the coroner’s office for an autopsy.
It appears the man started a fire to keep warm, Humphrey said.
-- Jason Song
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