Overview
- Officials said at a police commission meeting that multiple additional fires were reported near the scene during the same early-morning period and that a similar incident occurred in late January.
- The Feb. 4 fire on North Vista Del Mar Avenue killed sisters Maria “Chelo” Vasquez, 76, and Yolanda Honda, 82, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
- Vasquez died at the scene and Honda died at a hospital after going into cardiac arrest, family and officials said.
- LAPD detectives are canvassing the area, reviewing video and other evidence, and asking anyone with information to contact investigators.
- Family members say Honda had moved in to care for Vasquez after emergency hip surgery, share that Vasquez was briefly seen on the porch saying she would go back for her sister, and report the dog Coco remains missing.