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Body Found Inside Camper After Santa Ana Vehicle Fire

SANTA ANA (CBS) — A body was found Wednesday in a camper that caught fire in Orange County, authorities said.

Firefighters were sent to a junk yard in the 900 block of East Second Street at 6:07 a.m. on a report of a vehicle fire.

When the fire was extinguished, firefighters found a body inside the camper, officials said.

The cause of the fire is under investigation. Santa Ana police were sent to the scene to investigate the circumstances of the death.

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