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Homicide team called to Langley after fatal encampment fire

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Investigation underway following fatal Langley encampment fire
One person has died following a fire at an encampment near Highway 1 on the Surrey-Langley border Thursday morning. – Jan 30, 2025

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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