The coroner’s office was called to the scene of a morning house fire in the City of Kawartha Lakes on Tuesday.
When firefighters arrived to a house on Aino Beach Road they found a body and contacted City of Kawartha Lakes OPP.
OPP say they were called around 5:10 a.m. to investigate the house fire in the hamlet of Valentina near Washburn Island.
Police are not allowing media near the front of one house on the dead-end street.
The coroner’s office left the scene with a body just before 1 p.m. No other details have been provided.
Police have cordoned off a black van along with a mailbox but it’s not clear if it’s part of the house fire investigation. Officers have been spotted canvassing the neighbourhood street about 12 kilometres south of Little Britain.
An OPP helicopter was photographing the area.
Police are not allowing media near the front of one house on the dead-end street.
Aino Beach Road is closed at Rainbow Bridge Road for just local traffic.
Ontario’s Office of the Fire Marshal is on the scene.
More to come.