Sheriff’s officials investigate suspicious death after fire near Northern California quarry
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- Sheriff’s officials were investigating a suspicious death in a Yuba County fire.
- The fire was reported about 6 a.m. Thursday in a remote area near Parks Bar Road.
- Firefighters put out the fire and the dead person at the scene.
Sheriff’s officials on Thursday were investigating a suspicious death after firefighters discovered a body in the remains of a burned structure in a remote area near Highway 20 in Yuba County.
A fire was reported about 6 a.m. Thursday in the area of Parks Bar Road near Smartsville, the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release. The information given to dispatchers indicated that a person may have been inside as the fire burned, deputies said.
Firefighters extinguished the blaze and found a person deceased at the scene. Investigators said the circumstances of the death are considered suspicious.
As of Thursday evening, the victim had not been identified. Authorities did not release additional details, including the type of structure that burned. Parks Bar Road is a half-mile access road to a quarry along the Yuba River, 15 miles east of Marysville.
