Mission Viejo apartment fire leaves 1 dead

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By Yosi Yahoudai
Founder and Managing Partner

A fire in a Mission Viejo apartment complex unit left one woman dead early Thursday morning.

Firefighters responded to a fire in an upstairs unit of a two-story apartment complex around 5:43 a.m. on the 2100 block of Marguerite Parkway, where a woman was found dead at the scene following a search inside the apartment, Orange County Fire Authority Capt. Greg Barta said.

The fire was confined to a single unit and no other injuries were reported. Additional details, including the identity of the victim, were not released.

The cause of the fire is under investigation.