Woman, child die in SUV fire in Los Angeles County
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Los Angeles County sheriff's homicide detectives are investigating the deaths of a woman and small child in an SUV fire.
Authorities say witnesses saw the woman getting in and out of the burning vehicle Thursday night in the unincorporated Athens area.
A Sheriff's Department statement says the witnesses reported the woman then placed the child in the SUV and also climbed in, ignoring calls from people in nearby Athens Park to get out.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Firefighters and sheriff's deputies responded but the woman and child were dead when the fire was extinguished.
The child is estimated to have been 3 or 4 years old.