Police are investigating a “suspicious” fire after finding one person dead just west of downtown Ottawa.
The Ottawa Police Service says officers responded to an active fire on Booth Street just after midnight.
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Police say they found a body after a fire was extinguished inside a two-storey building in Chinatown just south of Somerset Street.
Homicide detectives are leading an investigation in co-ordination with the arson unit.
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They are asking the public to call the homicide unit at 613-236-1222, ext. 5493, with any information they may have.
Police say there was also extensive property damage due to the fire.
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