Crime & Safety

Elderly Man Found Dead At Site Of Fountain Valley House Fire

An elderly man was found dead after a fire at a house on Plumosa Street in Fountain Valley on Tuesday.

FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA -- The body of an elderly man inside a home following a fire at a house in on the 18000 block of Plumosa Street on Tuesday, according to the Fountain Valley Police Dept.

Firefighters were dispatched at about 7 p.m. after a woman at a burning home called 911, according to the Fountain Valley PD. Crews managed to put out the blaze, but found the woman's 91-year-old husband dead inside.

His wife was not injured. The name of the deceased was not immediately released by authorities.

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Investigators were looking into the incident, but the fire appears have been accidental, police said.

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