A 70-year-old man who firefighters found inside a one-story commercial building where they battled a blaze in the Broadway- Manchester area of South Los Angeles was identified Thursday.
The Los Angeles County Coroner's identified the victim as Jose Gonzalez.
Fire crews were called just after midnight Tuesday to 11308 S. Main St. north of Imperial Highway where they found a fully engulfed building with two cars in a carport at the building's rear and began a defensive operation, said Los Angeles Fire Department spokeswoman Margaret Stewart.
It took 83 firefighters 38 minutes to knock down the fire.
As firefighters conducted a primary search of the building after the flames were extinguished, they found Gonzales inside.
Investigators with the LAFD Arson Section were called to the scene, as per department protocol when there is a fatality, Stewart said