On Oct.5, at 9:22pm Ventura City Fire Department responded to a report of smoke and fire in a residential home in the 200 Block of N Ventura Ave. Upon arrival fire crews found a fire burning underneath of a raised foundation house and extending into the interior of the home. Firefighters extinguished the fire seventeen minutes after arrival. The home, which had burned a year earlier, was unoccupied at the time of the fire. The cause of the fire is suspicious and remains under investigation. No firefighters were injured as a result of this incident.
