Firefighters discover a person dead while battling a home fire in Eagle Rock
LOS ANGELES — Firefighters discovered a person dead Sunday while battling a fire at a single-story home in Eagle Rock, authorities said. Firefighters dispatched at 11:27 a.m. to 5282 N. Townsend Ave., north of Cesar Chavez Avenue and west of Gage Avenue, had the fire out within 31 minutes of their arrival, the Los Angeles Fire Department reported.