PHOTO CREDIT: Sacramento Metro firefighters assist the coroner as they look at the victims of a fatal fire in Stephen Drive. Andy Alfaro, Sacramento Bee.
By Matt Kawahara
@mkawahara@sacbee.com
A house fire in North Highlands left two members of a five-person household dead Wednesday night.
The victims were believed to be a female adult and male juvenile -- possibly a mother and her child, said Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District Assistant Chief Scott Cockrum. Their identities were not immediately available.
Fire crews responded to the residence at 4061 block of Stephen Drive just before 8 p.m., and found the garage fully engulfed by flames, said Sac Metro Deputy Chief Brian Rice.
Crews arrived on scene within five minutes of receiving reports of the fire, but had a difficult time entering the home, partly due to the intensity of the fire, Rice said. When they did gain entry, firefighters found the bodies of the two victims, he said.
Rice said a family of five lived in the house and that the other three residents were not at home when the fire started. They were all accounted for by fire officials.
Neighbors said they saw flames coming from the garage and heard multiple explosions from inside.
The cause of the fire had not been determined as of late Wednesday night. Investigators were still on scene and were likely going to be there the rest of the night, Cockrum said.
An arson investigator had been called out as part of the investigation.
Sacramento Metro firefighters douse hotspots.
Bee photos by Andy Alfaro
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