Anne Heche

The official coroner's report disclosed that the late actress died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries a week later on Aug. 12.

12](https://ew.com/celebrity/anne-heche-dead-53-crash-obituary/). A coroner's report revealed that [Heche died of smoke inhalation and thermal injuries](https://ew.com/celebrity/anne-heche-cause-death-smoke-inhalation-thermal-injuries/). She was [in a coma](https://ew.com/celebrity/anne-heche-coma-critical-condition-after-car-crash/) from Aug. Heche was pulled from the wreckage using heavy towing equipment around 11:49 a.m before being loaded into an ambulance for treatment. local time, with one firefighter discovering "a person stuck inside the vehicle," per the outlet. "Given the heavy fire and smoke conditions, it wasn't that you could clearly see into the vehicle or clearly be able to access it," LAFD Deputy Chief Richard Fields told NBC4.

LA Fire Department records and radio communications indicate that it took rescuers 20 minutes to locate Anne Heche inside her burning car, and another 25 ...

Heche was finally taken out of the car at 11:49 a.m. He’s also petitioning the court to name him a guardian over his 13-year-old brother, Atlas. — five minutes after Heche lost control of her car and plowed into the private home. Her eldest son, 20-year-old Homer Laffoon, on Wednesday filed documents seeking to take control of his mother’s estate. After determining Heche was alive, firefighters brought in a tow truck to pull her Mini Cooper — with the actress still inside — out of the home. [obtained by NBC Los Angeles ](https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/anne-heche-trapped-in-burning-home-for-45-minutes-mar-vista/2976681/)showed it took firefighters 25 minutes to locate Heche trapped inside her mangled car in the inferno — and another 20 minutes to pull her to safety.

Homer Laffoon, Heche's son with ex-husband Coleman Laffoon, filed a petition requesting that he be allowed to administer his mother's estate.

She was [declared brain dead](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/anne-heche-not-expected-survive-family-says-rcna42152) on Aug. [Heche was driving](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/actress-anne-heche-critically-injured-los-angeles-crash-rcna41824) jumped a curb, smashed into a Los Angeles home and burst into flames. She had a son with each.

The actress died from her injuries nine days after she was involved in a car crash in Los Angeles earlier this month.

She had a son with each. She was declared brain dead on 11 August, and was kept alive on life support for three more days so her organs could be donated. That is often the case on such initial filings, before anyone has the legal authority to assess the dead person’s assets.

Firefighters battled flames and smoke to extract Hollywood actor after her car crashed into building in Los Angeles last month.

The car and the house burst into flames. She was injured when her car jumped a curb and smashed into a west Los Angeles house on 5 August. [died](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/17/anne-heche-death-ruled-accidental) from inhalation injury and burns, having also sustained a broken sternum in the crash, and the death was ruled an accident, according to coroner’s results released a few days after she was [taken off life support](https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/15/anne-heche-peacefully-taken-off-life-support-after-death-announcement) in hospital.

Heche's son with her ex-husband files a petition in Los Angeles Superior Court requesting that he be allowed to administer her estate.

She had a son with each. That is often the case on such initial filings, before anyone has the legal authority to assess the dead person’s assets. On Aug.

The recording showed initial confusion about how many people were at the scene of the crash.