Bodies of woman, dog found after Pacoima blaze

Updated: Pacoima man arrested in suspected arson blaze

Arson is believed to have caused a San Fernando Valley fire in which a woman and a dog were found dead inside a burned apartment, authorities said today.

Investigators were trying to determine how the woman and dog died Thursday in the 12200 block of Osborne Place in Pacoima, said Sgt. Scott Kennedy of the Los Angeles Police Department's Foothill police station.

“The cause of death and identity remains unknown,” Kennedy said. Firefighters were called to the apartment building at 3:51 p.m.

“When they arrived, they found a cold and extinguished fire,” Kennedy said. The bodies were found as investigators searched the apartment.

-- Ann M. Simmons

12200 block of Osborne Place in Pacoima

Comments

[SeanBoy]

After reading the article my first thought, could it be another case of "spontaneous Human Combustion"? All the symptoms are there. Of course the fire dept. is saying something else.