Three Hurt In Explosions, Fire At South Coast Home

Blasts, fire at South Coast home leave three hurt
(VCFD Photo)

Investigators are trying to determine what led to explosions, and a fire at a Ventura County home which seriously injured three people.

Firefighters were called to the 400 block of Lemar Avenue in El Rio at about eight Saturday morning. 

Witnesses reported hearing multiple explosions.  Crews ariving on the scene removed three injured people from the house.

The home was seriously damaged by the blasts and fire.

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Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.