Santa Monica Home Fire Kills 2 in Their 90s as Cause Remains Under Investigation
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Updated · Los Angeles Times · Aug 9
Santa Monica Home Fire Kills 2 in Their 90s as Cause Remains Under Investigation
3 articles · Updated · Los Angeles Times · Aug 9
Summary
Shortly before 3 a.m., Santa Monica firefighters arrived at a two-story home on Lincoln Boulevard engulfed in flames and found two bodies in a first-floor bedroom.
The victims were an elderly couple in their 90s who lived in the older English Tudor-style house; they were pronounced dead at the scene and relatives have been notified.
No caretaker was on duty at the time, although the couple usually had one, Battalion Chief James Altman said.
Santa Monica Fire Department has not determined what sparked the blaze, which is the city's second fatal residential fire in recent months after a June 5 apartment fire killed an elderly man.