Firefighters discovered a body while battling a house fire here on Monday afternoon. Emergency crews responded to the fire on Victoria Street in Palmerston on Dec. 12 at about 2:44pm.
“While [firefighters] battled the blaze and searched the residence, the body of a deceased person was located,” the OPP stated in a press release. Police did not provide any information about the identification of the person or what might have caused the fire.
The Wellington County OPP Crime Unit and the Forensic Identification Services Unit, along with the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal, are investigating the fire.
A portion of Victoria Street was closed following the blaze, which caused “significant damage” to the home, police stated.
No further information was available as of the Advertiser’s press deadline on Dec. 14. OPP media relations officer Constable Cheri Rockefeller said the cause of the fire had not been determined and identification of the victim was pending a Dec. 13 post-mortem, the results of which were not known.
Anyone with information can contact the OPP at 1-888-310-1122 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit a tip at www.csgw.tips.
