One person is dead following a house fire on Upper Oak Leaf Road in Athens Township.
The local fire department arrived on the scene just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
A body was located once the fire had been extinguished. Authorities will not identify the person until a post mortem has been completed.
Get daily National news
Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.
By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy.
The Leeds County OPP crime unit, the OPP forensic identification services unit, Ontario’s Office of the Fire Marshal and the Office of the Chief Coroner of Ontario are working on the investigation.
Anyone with information is asked to contact the police.
Comments
Comments closed.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.
Please see our Commenting Policy for more.