Homicide investigators have been deployed to Langley, B.C., where one person was found dead after a fire at a homeless encampment.
Langley RCMP says officers responded to the fire near Tank Hill on Highway 1 at 4:30 a.m.
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Police are working with the Township of Langley Fire Department and the BC Coroners Service to investigate.
Crews are still determining the circumstances that led to the fatality.
The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said there was no additional risk to the public.
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