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Woman found dead at motel fire in Lancaster

by The AV Times Staff • January 19, 2023

LANCASTER – A woman was found dead early Wednesday morning at the scene of a fire in a Lancaster motel, authorities said.

Firefighters were sent to the 43500 block of 17th Street West at about 3:55 a.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 18. They extinguished the flames in the two-story building in about 25 minutes, the Los Angeles County Fire Department reported.

Information was not immediately available on the identity of the victim. At this time, the decedent is listed as Jane Doe #5, according to Sarah Ardalani of the Los Angeles County Coroner’s Office.

The cause of the fire is still under investigation, and no further information was released as of Thursday afternoon.

Editor’s note: We’ll update this story when/if more information becomes available.

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Filed Under: Crime/ Safety, Home, Lancaster

4 comments for "Woman found dead at motel fire in Lancaster"

  1. Eric says

    April 29, 2023 at 8:19 am

    Who was the lady?

  2. John says

    April 21, 2023 at 3:54 pm

    I say they’re both wrong I was there when I seen the people who. Did it ran out the room they deliberately set the lady on fire.they had brought 15 bleach bottles that me and someone else thought was bleach a few days before and carried them to the room that they set on fire come to find out it was gasoline in the bottles

  3. RealTruth says

    January 21, 2023 at 4:41 pm

    Meth fire

  4. Lancaster Fire Marshall says

    January 19, 2023 at 9:58 pm

    Electrical.

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