A body was discovered this morning when firefighters knocked down a fire at a homeless encampment near the Golden State (5) Freeway in Cypress Park.
The brush fire was reported at 1:40 a.m. on the right shoulder of the southbound freeway near the connector road to the southbound Arroyo Seco (110) Parkway, the California Highway Patrol reported.
Firefighters were called at 1:42 a.m., quickly put out the fire and discovered the body, according to the Los Angeles Fire Department.
A representative from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner's Office was dispatched to the location at 7:50 a.m., the CHP said.
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No further information was immediately available.
