A body was discovered early Saturday morning by firefighters battling a fire at a gated senior community on Mission Gorge Road in Santee.
Sheriff’s Deputies from the Santee Patrol Station responded at 1 a.m. to assist Santee Fire Department personnel with the fire at 8301 Mission Gorge Road, Unit 224. The unit is in the gated Meadowbrook Park senior living community.
Firefighters found a person dead inside the building, according to Sgt. Greg Hampton of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department.
Sheriff’s bomb/arson detectives were called to the scene to determine the origin and cause of the fire.
— City News Service
