Suspected human remains found in Ennismore home destroyed by fire

Police and fire crews were called to Deerfield Crescent home early Tuesday morning

A home on Deerfield Crescent in Ennismore was destroyed by fire early in the morning of December 19, 2023. Investigators from the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office have since found what they believe to be human remains inside the collapsed structure. (Photo: Peterborough County OPP)
A home on Deerfield Crescent in Ennismore was destroyed by fire early in the morning of December 19, 2023. Investigators from the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office have since found what they believe to be human remains inside the collapsed structure. (Photo: Peterborough County OPP)

Suspected human remains have been found in an Ennismore home that was destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning (December 19).

At around 3 a.m. on Tuesday, Peterborough County Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) received a call about a fire at a home on Deerfield Crescent.

When officers arrived at the home, it was already fully engulfed in flames and firefighters with the Selwyn Fire Department were battling the fire.

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Investigators from the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office were called in to investigate the source of the fire.

The following day, Ontario Fire Marshal investigators located what they believe to be human remains within the collapsed structure. The remains have been sent to the Centre of Forensic Sciences to assist with identification.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation.