A person was found dead Thursday when firefighters were called to put out a tree fire behind an apartment building in South Los Angeles.

Firefighters with the Los Angeles Fire Department were responding to a tree fire when they discovered that a person was dead in the South Los Angeles area Thursday morning. At approximately 5:06 a.m.,

Firefighters on Thursday morning found a body while putting out a tree fire outside of an apartment building in Los Angeles. According to the Los Angeles Fire Department, the blaze was reported at 5:06 a.

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the 500 block of E. Vernon Avenue in South LA’s Historic South-Central neighborhood around 5:30 a.m. following a report of a tree fire. Firefighters at the scene discovered the burning tree in an area of trash in an alleyway, along with a deceased body.