2 Deaths Confirmed, as Woolsey Fire Grows to 70,000 Acres

The victims were discovered in Malibu at 4:43 p.m. on Friday

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Two people have been found dead in burn areas as the Woolsey and Hill fires roar on in Southern California, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department Chief John Benedict confirmed.

“Sadly and tragically, I am reporting today that we have two fatalities that occurred in the fire area,” Chief Benedict said at a news conference Saturday, according to KTLA. “That is currently under investigation. We have our homicide investigators on scene, and we’ll treat that as a fatality at this point, and we’ll have more to talk about that later on as the investigation unfolds.”

According to the L.A.

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