Suspicious Fire Destroys Mobile Home In East County

EL CAJON, CA — An investigation was underway Tuesday into a possible arson fire that destroyed a residential trailer in El Cajon.

The non-injury blaze at Lynnwood Mobile Estates in the 1200 block of East Washington Avenue erupted about 9 p.m. Monday, according to Heartland Fire & Rescue.

It took firefighters roughly 20 minutes to subdue the flames, which caused an estimated $75,000 worth of damage, department spokesman Sonny Saghera said.

Investigators consider the fire suspicious due to a disturbance that had broken out earlier in the day between the owner of the double-wide mobile home and a neighbor, according to police.

The dispute was serious enough that officers were sent to the trailer park about 4 p.m. to intervene and defuse the situation. No arrests resulted, but a sheriff's bomb-arson team was called in to try to determine the origin of the blaze, police said.

The owner of the gutted residence had been trying to sell it, NBC7 reported.

– City News Service