HUMAN REMAINS FOUND NEAR FIRE STATION

The coroner’s office is examining human remains found in a mountainous area over the Democrat Station by firefighters near the Garden Fire southwest of Lake Isabella. Ray Pruitt with the sheriff’s office says a helicopter unit spotted the body Thursday. Pruitt says the remains were in an area that had been burned by a fire, but it’s believed they had been there prior to any blaze in the area.

Suzanne Grant