Dog found dead after fire tears through Orange County home

Firefighters located the body of a dog at an Orange County home that caught fire during the early morning hours Monday.

The blaze was reported shortly after 1 a.m. in the 5100 block of Brazo in Laguna Woods.

“The first-arriving crew found a single-story house with smoke showing,” the Orange County Fire Authority posted on X, formerly Twitter.

Firefighter cuts through the roof of a burning home in Laguna Woods
Firefighter cuts through the roof of a burning home in Laguna Woods

Video showed flames burning around one firefighter who used a saw to cut through and ventilate the roof.

All residents were safely evacuated from the home but crews located a dog inside that did not survive, the post read.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.

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