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.

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.

The blaze was first reported just before 2:15 a.m. in the 800 block of South Flower Street in Santa Ana in Orange County.

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,