Fire at construction site in South Los Angeles, California, United States

Alberto Sibaja

Two people were hospitalized with serious injuries after a fire broke out overnight at a construction site in the Central-Alameda neighborhood of South Los Angeles. The fire at a multi-family residential building construction site was first reported shortly before 3:30 a.m. in the 1500 block of East Vernon Street. Two people, a 66-year-old man and a 64-year-old woman, were hospitalized with serious burns.