Authorities are currently researching an arsonist crime after discovering two cars set on fire at at an apartment complex located on Dove Lane early Saturday morning.

Carlsbad police and fire received a report around 2 a.m. from a complex located on Dove Lane near El Camino Real and drove to the scene. Upon arrival, they discovered two cars set on fire underneath a carport beneath an apartment. One car was in flames and another was on fire and painted on as well.

Residents of the complex were told to leave their houses until officers could extinguish the fires. Carlsbad Fire and the county sheriff’s bomb/arson unit were dealing with the incident.

Firefighters put out a fire in a shed behind a home located on Atlas View Drive near Rigsby Drive Sunday night, a Heartland fire dispatcher reported. 

The fire was called in around 10:40 p.m. and it was put out in a matter of 20 minutes. No one was said to be wounded in the incident.

Fire officials are currently searching to find out what ignited the fire and are attempting to find out the amount of damage done.

An 89-year-old woman who died in a fire at her home in National City last week has been reported to be Evelyn Blanch Williams, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office on Monday. 

Neighbors said they saw smoke and flames coming from the home located on Orrell Drive near D Avenue the afternoon of Feb. 15. When firefighters showed up at the scene they looked through the home and discovered Williams’ lying dead on the ground in the front room of the house. 

An autopsy revealed that she had passed away due to severe burns. 

One dog was also killed in the fire, and a second dog was saved. The source of the fire has not been announced.

Neighbors reported that Williams’ family, the Orrells, built and repaired the location a couple years ago.

A 29-year-old homeless man seems to have set fire to a 49-year-old homeless man on Wednesday afternoon, Chula Vista police reported.

The victim received second- and third-degree burns covering about a fourth of his body, reported police Lt. Phil Collum said. It was not explicitly stated what provoked the crime that occurred just before 4 p.m. by a  grocery store located on 30th Street west of Edgemere Avenue.

Collum reported that the victim seems to have been sleeping or passed out when he caught fire. He was transported to UCSD Medical Center for treatment.

A suspect was taken into custody.

“It’s very unusual,” Collum stated. “I can remember very few (similar) incidents in my career of 15 years.”

 Four adults were left without shelter on Wednesday after a fire broke out at an apartment complex in the Linda Vista neighborhood.

The fire was called in at 12:58 p.m., reported Lee Swanson, a spokesman for the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.

“One of the roommates called it in and said there was a fire in the bedroom,” Swanson stated.

The fire, which only took over one of the rooms, was put out by 1:17 p.m.

No one was hurt in the incident and no other rooms were consumed by the fire. 

“Everyone got out on their own before we got there,” Swanson reported. 

The Red Cross is searching for a place for the adults to stay until their house is repaired.

The source of the fire is not yet known. A guess on how much damage was done by the fire was not released right away.

A commuter flight on its way to Los Angeles from Lindbergh Field Sunday night went back to San Diego after it had left when smoke was said to be coming from the cabin. 

American Eagle flight 3064 took off at 8:43 p.m., reported an airport spokeswoman. Smoke was said to be in the plane once it had been 20 miles away from the airport and the plane backtracked its course, the spokeswoman added. 

The plane landed without any problems at Lindbergh Field a little after 9 p.m. to find fire officials ready to investigate, reported San Diego fire Capt. Mark Tonai.

The cause of the smoke is still under investigation as of now and no one was said to be hurt in the incident.

Authorities are currently looking into the source behind a fire Friday night that resulted in the destruction of an abandoned building in Escondido where teenagers are known to hang out. 

The fire was called in around 10:30 p.m. at the old, wooden building located on Lehner Avenue near Conway Drive, reported Escondido fire officials.

The wood of the building was very old and dry causing the fire to catch and spread quickly. The entire building was set on fire when firefighters came to the scene. No one was hurt in the incident. 

The source of the blaze is being examined. According to witnesses, people were leaving the area when the fire had started. Authorities informed that teenagers typically hang out at the building, which is usually locked down.

Firefighters are struggled to put out a blaze at a retirement home located on South Highland Avenue near East 25th Street Sunday night, officials reported. 

A Heartland fire dispatcher informed that the fire was called in at about 6:40 p.m. and eight fire trucks arrived to put out the fire.

Details about injuries or the total damage done by the fire was not given.