A home fireplace in Port Elgin has claimed the lifetime of a person.
Saugeen Shores police and firefighters had been referred to as to the burning house round 11:30 a.m. on Thursday. Hearth crews had been capable of shortly extinguished the fireplace and situated a person inside with out very important indicators.
The person was pronounced lifeless on the scene, police mentioned. His identify and age haven’t been launched.
Native police and firefighters, in partnership with the Workplace of the Ontario Hearth Marshal and the workplace of the Chief Coroner of Ontario, are probing the reason for the blaze and the dying.
Investigators are anticipated to be again on scene Friday.
Police haven’t mentioned which road in Port Elgin the fireplace occurred on.
