The body of a woman was found under debris Friday after firefighters extinguished flames at a cluttered Valley Village home.

The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the blaze in the 4600 block of Farmdale Ave. at 7:37 a.m.

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When crews arrived, they found “excessive storage conditions,” and heavy fire through the roof, LAFD spokeswoman Margaret Stewart said.

“There are pockets of it (fire) in the attic,” she said. “That’s where they are hitting it when it pops up.”

Because of the packrat conditions inside the home, firefighters transitioned to a defensive mode, fighting the blaze from the exterior in an effort to prevent the flames from spreading to other structures, according to the LAFD.

Stewart reported the fatality several hours later.