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Daughter: Hard-Working Hawthorne Couple Sees Home 'Go Up In Ashes' Daughter: Hard-Working Hawthorne Couple Sees Home 'Go Up In Ashes'
Daughter: Hard-Working Hawthorne Couple Sees Home 'Go Up In Ashes' A Hawthorne woman was asleep alone in her parents' home when she heard her dog bark and awoke to the smell of smoke.  Finding the backyard on fire, Jazmin Mendoza-Ortega grabbed Stella, ran out the door and dialed 911. Firefighters got there quickly, but fire, smoke and water damage pulverized the home where her hard-working parents, Washington Mendoza and Betty Ortega, had lived for 17 years. Several chickens died and some pet birds were rescued -- along with Stella -- from the house at Lafayette and Llewellyn avenues on Monday.  Gone is the hub upon which a tight-knit group of relative…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Chickens Killed, Dog, Pet Birds Rescued In Hawthorne House Fire Chickens Killed, Dog, Pet Birds Rescued In Hawthorne House Fire
Chickens Killed, Dog, Pet Birds Rescued In Hawthorne House Fire Several chickens died and a dog and some pet birds were rescued during a fast-moving Monday morning house fire in Hawthorne. The blaze broke out on the first floor and extended to the second floor and attic of the Lafayette Avenue home at Llewellyn Avenue around 10 a.m., responders said. Firefighters quickly got it knocked down and under control in under a half hour. No other injuries were reported. The cause wasn't immediately determined. The rescued birds were being cared for.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. The fire …

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by Jerry DeMarco