Fatal fire at Santa Ana group home

Orange County Fire Authority personnel survey the damage where two women died in a fire at a group home in Santa Ana for people with special needs.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters mop up after a fire broke out early Wednesday morning in a single-story, four-bedroom home in the 2100 block of North Hathaway Street in Santa Ana.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

An investigator surveys the scene of a residential fire in Santa Ana, where two women died.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Neighbors watch from a safe distance after two women died in a fire at a group home in Santa Ana for people with special needs.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

An Orange County firefighter works outside the scene of a blaze at a Santa Ana home for people with special needs.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)

Neighbors watch from a safe distance after two women died in a fire at a group home in Santa Ana for people with special needs.  (Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)