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Woman dies after RV fire along Roseville Road near North Highlands

Authorities deemed the incident a suspicious death, but it eventually turned into a homicide investigation

NORTH HIGHLANDS, Calif. — A woman died in a fire that broke out at Roseville Road and Tri Stations Road on Monday, according to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District

The fire was on Roseville Road under the I-80 overpass near North Highlands. Multiple RVs, trailers and encampment debris were on fire. 

Fire crews responded around 7 a.m., doused the fire and found a woman inside the RV. According to Capt. Parker Wilbourn, a spokesperson for the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, the woman lived in a fifth wheel under the freeway. 

Based on the preliminary investigation, authorities deemed the incident a suspicious death, but it eventually turned into a homicide investigation once they learned more.

No information on what led up to the homicide has been released at this time.

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