Man Identified In Walnut House Fire

WALNUT, CA — A man whose body was found Friday at the scene of a fire in his Diamond Bar house was identified Friday. Whether or not the fire was arson related has not yet been released.

The initial call came to the 23000 block of Wagon Trail Road came at 4 a.m. Thursday. Responding firefighters extinguished the flames in about 45 minutes discovering the body of a man discovered the body, according to the county fire department.

The man was identified Friday as 60-year-old Humberto Rubal, lived at the Wagon Trail Road residence where he was found, coroner's Assistant Chief Ed Winter said. An autopsy was pending to determine his cause of death.

The cause of the fire was under investigation.