Tucson firefighters work at a blaze in the 1800 block of West Astolat Road on Tuesday morning. The fire damaged a home where a body was found Saturday, and also the home next door.
Fire destroyed a home Tuesday morning where a man was found slain Saturday, police and fire officials said.
The vacant, boarded-up home at 1812 W. Astolat Road sustained an estimated $150,000 of damage, Tucson Fire spokeswoman Capt. Tricia Tracy said. Flames also spread to the home next door, causing an estimated $50,000 in damage, mostly to a carport and storage room.
No injuries were reported.
The cause of the fire was not immediately determined, Tracy said, but it appeared there was a “good chance” the fire started in the more heavily damaged home.
Saturday, police found the body of Dominic D. Sandoval, 49, at the 1812 W. Astolat home after his ex-wife reported his slaying.
Officers went to the home, which the victim shared with his son, Rocky J. Sandoval, 25, and also went to the ex-wife’s midtown home, where the son was arrested, police said.
The younger Sandoval was booked into the Pima County Jail on a charge of first-degree murder and ordered held on $175,000 bail.
Police have not released a cause of death in the case or a motive for the killing.
Police spokesman Sgt. Fabian Pacheco said only that investigating officers found “evidence consistent with a violent confrontation” in the home shared by the Sandoval men.