LA County Firefighters Search for Bodies in Wildfire Area Near Glendora

Azusa, CA--Authorities searched today but failed to locate the bodies of two people reportedly found by a family member in an area of the Angeles National Forest that was blackened by a recent wildfire near Glendora, Ca.

Firefighters were called about 2:20 p.m. on Thursday to an area along North San Gabriel Canyon Road, near Morris Dam above Azusa, that was scorched by the San Gabriel Complex Fire last month, according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department.

Homicide detectives went to the scene, although authorities did not immediately locate any bodies.

The search was suspended until Friday, according to Deputy Trina Schrader of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

Ricardo Pardo, the brother of a 16-year-old boy who went camping in the area just hours before the fire started the morning of June 20, told ABC7 that he found the bodies, and thinks they are those of his brother and cousin.

The Pardo family members and friends, have been searching for the pair and found skeletal remains of two people about 2 p.m. this afternoon, according to Ricardo's report.

It will take about 90 minutes of mostly uphill climbing to get to the rugged area where the bodies were reportedly located, Schrader said.

More on this story as it develops.

City News Service, Photo Courtesy of LASD