Mission Viejo house fire kills one, leaves others injured

A house fire on the 24600 block of Athena in Mission Viejo killed 47-year-old Edwin Cardenas Mejia early in the morning on Sunday, Sept. 28.

Firefighters arrived at the scene of the house fire at approximately 2:32 am.

“Initial crews found a well-involved fire that spread from the first floor to the second, and had rapidly deteriorated,” the Orange County fire department said in a statement. “Family members made it out without injuries, but tragically one did not.”…

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