Latest on the house fire on 10th Avenue
Dillon Fuhrman
YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) – There is new development in the house fire on 10th Avenue this past weekend where two people died.
The Yuma Police Department (YPD) and Yuma Fire Department (YFD) responded to a house fire before 11:30 p.m. Saturday in the area of S. 10th Avenue and W. 16th Street.
Crews from YFD arrived on scene and found “heavy smoke coming from multiple openings of the home.”
Crews entered the home separately and found two people, whom YPD identified as 32-year-old Dustin Trease and 31-year-old Leticia Villareal, unconscious with gunshot wounds. They then pulled them out of the home.
The fire was upgraded to a second alarm, with additional resources responding to the area, and after crews immediately exited the home once they finished conducting an additional search, they battled the fire to make sure it did not spread.
While no firefighter injures were reported, Trease and Villareal were pronounced dead on scene.
The investigation remains ongoing, and if anyone has any information regarding the case, call YPD at (928) 373-4700 or 78-CRIME to remain anonymous.