One person died in a motel fire in El Cajon early Wednesday.
It was just after 3 a.m. when Heartland firefighters were called to the motel on E. Main Street south of Broadway and east of Interstate 8.
A night clerk at the Villa Embasadora Motel told NBC 7 he tried to use a fire extinguisher on the flames while awaiting fire crews.
“It wasn’t really enough to do anything because it was already boiling over and the glass was already breaking,” Jay Binley sad.
A couple has lived in the room since June 2015, Binley said.
Officials have not identified the person found dead inside the burned out unit.
Residents in other rooms escaped injury, officials said.
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An investigation is underway into what caused the fire.
