California: police treat fire at home of Democratic politicians as suspicious

Front of Nathan Fletcher and Lorena Gonzalez's house in San Diego was engulfed in flames' in early hours of Wednesday

California police are treating a fire at the home of two Democratic politicians in San Diego as suspicious.

Sgt Rick Pechin of San Diego police told the San Diego Union-Tribune that investigators believe the fire at the home of supervisor Nathan Fletcher and former state assemblywoman and prominent labor leader Lorena Gonzalez was suspicious in nature.