​House Fire in E Cajon Leaves 3 Dead, 1 Injured

EL CAJON, CA — Three people were killed and one person was injured in a house fire in an unincorporated area bordering El Cajon, authorities said Saturday.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department received calls late Thursday night about a house and a vehicle that were on fire near the 900 block of North Anza Street.

Deputies, firefighters and a helicopter were sent to the scene and upon their arrival found the house engulfed in flames with smoke spewing out of the roof, which prompted help from four different departments.

Firefighters immediately pulled two people out of the burning house, and paramedics rushed them to a hospital, but both died a short time later, according to authorities.

While putting out the blaze, firefighters found a dead person inside the charred house, according to the sheriff's department.

The three deceased victims have not been identified by the medical examiner's office yet.
A fourth person was found in the home and was taken to a hospital for smoke inhalation, according to authorities.

The department's bomb and arson units are investigating the cause of the deadly fire, but the home was already deemed a total loss.

Reagan Seymour, who lives across the street from the victims' home, told KGTV that the family had lived there for about five years. ``We want answers because this shouldn't have happened," she said.

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