A fire that destroyed 11 homes in Monterey County over the weekend was sparked by someone committing suicide, reports The Los Angeles Times.
The Monterey County Sheriff’s Department said in a statement that a body was found at the site where the Tassajara fire began Saturday afternoon amid windy, hot conditions. Officials did not identify the person or give details on how the fire started. They said an investigation was ongoing.
The fire burned more than 1,000 acres.
Meanwhile, to the north, Lake County sheriff’s officials said Wednesday that human remains thought to belong to 66-year-old Robert “Bob” Taylor Fletcher were found in the Cobb area, bringing the Valley fire’s death toll to four.
About 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, deputies and detectives searching the Valley fire burn area found the remains. While a positive identification has not been made, “based on the location and evidence found at the Cobb location,” the remains are presumed to be Fletcher’s.
Human remains-detection dogs had earlier searched Fletcher’s Cobb home, which was destroyed by the fire, without finding him, and an anthropologist had been called in to assist.
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