A couple that survived a house fire near El Cajon was served with notices and fined for not cleaning up their property, according to a published report.
The two-story home on Valley View Boulevard caught fire just before 6 a.m. Wednesday. When firefighters arrived to the 80-year old house to fight the fire, they had trouble getting to it because of all the boxes and clutter inside.
The owner, Dale Wojczynski, had been fined $10,000 for failing to comply with orders to clean the property and comply with county codes, Pam Elias, the county's code-enforcement division chief told the San Diego Union-Tribune.
According to the UT, the county filed a criminal complaint and the case is expected to go to court before the end of the month despite the fire.
Wojczynski suffered minor injuries trying to escape the fire.
