Two people died in a fire this morning (January 10) in Brighton in Northumberland County, 41 kilometres east of Cobourg.
The fire broke out inside a home on Harbour Street overlooking Presqu’ile Bay at around 7:25 a.m. When firefighters arrived, the home was fully engulfed by flames.
While battling the fire, firefighters found one of the victims outside the home in the backyard and located the second victim inside the home after the fire had been extinguished.
The names of the victims have not been released pending notification of next of kin.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined, and it is unknown whether the home had smoke alarms and if they were working.
The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal has been contacted to investigate the fire.
