SAN DIEGO (KGTV) – An elderly woman died after a fire erupted at a home in unincorporated El Cajon early Friday morning, San Diego County sheriff’s officials said.
The sheriff’s department said a resident called in at around 1:05 a.m. to report their home was on fire in the 1700 block of N. First Street, near East Bradley Avenue and just down the way from the Bostonia Bright Beginnings preschool.
Per sheriff’s officials, “Deputies from the Lakeside Sheriff's Substation along with the San Miguel, Lakeside, Santee and Heartland Fire Departments responded to the location. Units arrived within minutes and found the home fully engulfed in flames.”
Four people who lived at the home got out but told emergency responders that an elderly woman was possibly inside.
Sheriff’s officials said firefighters entered the residence and found the woman in a bedroom. However, officials stated the woman “was severely burned and was pronounced dead at the scene.”
The blaze was knocked down and investigators with the sheriff’s Bomb/Arson Unit were called to the scene to look into the cause of the fire.
According to sheriff’s officials, “The fire was determined to have started in the bedroom where the victim was found. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. However, the fire does not appear to be suspicious.”
ABC 10News learned the four people and a dog were displaced as a result of the house fire.
