One person was found dead Tuesday after firefighters knocked down an apartment fire in Los Angeles' University Park area.

The fire was reported at about 2 p.m. in the 2000 block of south Portland Street in the community southwest of downtown Los Angeles. The fire was in a unit on the second floor of the three-story apartment building.

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After putting out the fire, a person was found dead inside the apartment unit.

Details about how the fire started and the person's identity were not immediately available.

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