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Man's Body Found Inside Burning Home In Ventura County

(Ventura County Fire Department photo)
Body of man found in burning home outside of Simi Valley

What at first appeared to be a house fire near Simi Valley turned out to be much more than that, with the discovery of the body of a man.

Residents of Clear Springs Knolls, in the Santa Susanna Knolls area spotted the blaze just after 4 p.m. Wednesday.

They called 911. Ventura County firefighters say there was the body of a man in the home, who appeared to have died from a gunshot wound. Firefighters were able to confine the blaze to the home, before it could spread to nearby brush.

An autopsy on the body is pending. The man’s name hasn’t been released.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.