Body of person found after house fire in Carmichael, officials say

One person was found dead after a house fire in the Carmichael area of Sacramento County sparked on Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A duplex located in the 5000 block of El Camino Avenue near Walnut Avenue caught fire around 2:40 p.m., the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District said. Once the fire was knocked down, crews found a body in a part of the house that was originally unsafe to search because of flames and downed power lines.