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.
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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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