Body Found In Burning Trailer In South Bay

CHULA VISTA, CA — Firefighters found a body inside a burning trailer Sunday.

The fire was reported about 1 p.m. Sunday in a trailer parked behind an ice cream shop on Mason Street near Britton Street, Chula Vista Fire Department Battalion Chief David Albright told OnScene TV, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.

Albright said firefighters believe the person had been living in the trailer. The age and gender of the victim was not immediately released.

A woman was also found at the scene burned and may have been trying to get in to the trailer, according to media reports.

Fire investigators and the Chula Vista Police Department were on scene trying to discover the cause of the fire, Albright said.

— City News Service