SUSPICIOUS DOUBLE DEATH BODIES OF 2 YOUNG ADULTS FOUND IN BURNED HOUSE.

Byline: Daily News

MISSION HILLS -- The bodies of a man and a woman in their 20s were found in the rubble of a house fire early Tuesday, and police were investigating the incident as a homicide.

Officials declined to disclose the victims' identities but said there is evidence pointing to foul play.

It took firefighters about 20 minutes to extinguish the 6 a.m. blaze, which was reported by a police officer patrolling the area.

The flames quickly engulfed the three-bedroom home in the 10400 block of Danube Avenue. The bodies were found in one of the bedrooms.

Neighbors say the house in the quiet middle-class neighborhood had been empty for a week. It appeared that there was no electricity in the home, neighbors said.

Judy Madriaga, the home's owner, said she had recently evicted one of the tenants but allowed another one to stay after he said he would be bringing in a different roommate. Fire alarms were installed throughout the house, she said.

One witness said flames engulfed the home in 10 minutes. He said two men had lived in the house and they often had friends come over late at night.

``There were always people going in and out for parties,'' Claudio Von Fresin said.

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(1) Los Angeles County coroner's investigators examine a burned house in which bodies of two adults and three dogs were found Tuesday in Mission Hills.

(2) The father of one of two adults in their 20s whose bodies were found in a burned house comforts a younger member of his family Tuesday at the fire scene. Foul play was suspected.

Gene Blevins/Special to the Daily News