L.A. firefighter dies battling attic fire, leaving his family behind
He had a wife and two teenage children
LOS ANGELES (KYMA, KECY) - A Los Angeles County firefighter died Thursday from injuries received while battling a blaze in Rancho Palos Verdes.
47-year-old Jonathan Flagler, sustained “significant injuries” while fighting a house fire.
He leaves behind his wife, Jenny, and two sons, ages 13 and 15.
Flagler and other crew members from Fire Station 83 were called to the blaze around 2 a.m. Thursday.
A fire had started in the attic of a home.
Flagler was a 21-year veteran who spent 19 years with the City of Vernon Fire Department until it was absorbed by the L.A. County Fire Department in October 2020.
