Update: One person found dead inside structure after fire on Dersch Road
Update, Friday, 9:30 a.m.
One person was found dead inside a structure that burned Thursday afternoon on Dersch Road in Shasta County, the Shasta County Arson Task Force said Friday.
The cause of the fire remains under investigation.
"The investigation of the fire is ongoing and, thus far, no suspicious circumstances have been identified and (the fire) appears accidental in nature," the Arson Task Force stated in a press release.
Authorities did not identify the person who died in the fire.
Original story
Authorities are searching for an individual who they say cannot be found after structure fire on Dersch Road earlier Thursday afternoon.
The fire in the 26000 block of Dersch Road was reported at about 1 p.m.
Crews responding reported that the structure was fully engulfed, and the flames were spreading to surrounding vegetation.
Ultimately, firefighters contained the fire.
But a Shasta County Arson Task Force’s press release said that one person remains unaccounted for.
The press release did not say what caused the fire.
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