Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department detectives are investigating the death of a 71-year-old man in an early Monday morning house fire in Glendora, calling it “suspicious circumstances.”
Around 2:20 a.m., Glendora police officers responded to a home on fire on Danecroft Avenue near Inola Street and called the Los Angeles County Fire Department as a fire consumed the home. Crews attempted to rescue a man from the flames, but he died at the scene. A small dog was also found dead inside.
Later in the morning, LA County Sheriff’s detectives responded to the scene and said they were looking for the man’s 68-year-old wife.
“He is currently married and his spouse is missing at this time, and we are attempting to locate her,” Lt. Steve De Jong, LA County Sheriff’s Department said. He said it is not known how the man died, but that blood was also found at the scene.
This is not the first time officers were called to the home. De Jong said that Glendora police responded to a domestic violence incident about a month ago.