Before fire crews arrived, Santa Ana police officers forced open the door of the detached, modified garage, where the fire was burning. Moments later, a man, severely burned, ran out of the structure.

It happened at around 2:15 a.m. at a home in the 800 block of S. Flower Street, according to the Orange County Fire Authority.

A man was saved by police who forced open a door to a burning garage in Orange County early Saturday. The blaze was first reported just before 2:15 a.m. in the 800 block of South Flower Street in Santa Ana,