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Home Torched, Killing One, During Eviction Attempt in El Cajon

by City News Service


EL CAJON, Calif.—An unidentified person died in an El Cajon house fire sparked on May 6 by someone who threw Molotov cocktail-type incendiary devices at deputies as they were trying to evict a resident.

The events that led to the deadly blaze began shortly before noon, when court services personnel with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department tried to serve an eviction notice on a man in his 60s who lived with his girlfriend in the house in the 1200 block of Redwood Avenue, according to the El Cajon Police Department (ECPD).

Getting no answer from anyone inside, the deputies tried to enter, finding the front door barricaded, ECPD Lt. Randy Soulard said…


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