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1 dead following mobile home fire north of Lindsay in City of Kawartha Lakes

Click to play video: '1 dead following fire at Joy Vista Estates home in Cambray north of LIndsay'
1 dead following fire at Joy Vista Estates home in Cambray north of LIndsay
Fire officials say one person is dead following a mobile home fire at Joy Vista Estates just north of Lindsay early Thursday – Dec 9, 2021

Fire officials say one person is dead following a fire early Thursday at a mobile home community in the City of Kawartha Lakes.

Around 1:15 a.m. Thursday, emergency crews were called to a home on Park Street in Joy Vista Estates, described as a land lease family community near Cambray, about 10 kilometres north of Lindsay.

Kawartha Lakes First Rescue acting Fire Chief Terry Jones tells Global News that flames were visible at the front of the home when crews arrived.

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He said paramedics treated the lone occupant at the scene and transported them to Ross Memorial Hospital in Lindsay where they were later pronounced deceased.

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City of Kawartha Lakes OPP late Thursday morning identified the victim as Andre Beaucage, 62, of Cambray. The cause of death remains under investigation pending a post-mortem examination, police said.

Jones said the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal has been notified and will be at the scene Thursday to assist with the investigation into the cause of the fire.

OPP are also investigating with assistance from the Office of the Chief Coroner.

Anyone who has information or was a witness to this fire and has not yet spoken with police is asked to contact the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP at 1-888-310-1122.

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