A 66-year-old man is dead following a house fire in La Broquerie, Man.
In a release Friday, Steinbach RCMP said the fire broke out in the home on Des Pignons Street around 3:50 p.m. Thursday.
Police say officers found the home engulfed in flames. They say officers were told by a neighbour the homeowner had been seen earlier in a second-storey window and couldn’t get out.
Firefighters arrived and started fighting the fire.
Eventually, when firefighters could get inside, police say the man was found dead in the home.
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The cause of the fire is under investigation and no other injuries were reported.
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