Riverside police were investigating a suspicious house fire that left three people dead Friday as a homicide.
The fire was reported at 11:01am in the 11200 block of Price Court in the La Sierra area, authorities said.
Riverside police on scene said it was being investigated as a homicide, but would not elaborate further.
The cause of the fire was not yet revealed.
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It was not clear if the people were killed and then the house was set on fire, or if the fire caused their deaths.