Human remains have been found in a Bancroft home after a fire on Tuesday night (February 4).
Shortly after 8 p.m. on Tuesday, officers with Bancroft Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) and emergency services responded to a report of a fire at a Meadow Court home.
The house was fully engulfed in flames when emergency crews arrived, and the homeowner was unaccounted for.
After the fire was extinguished, human remains were found inside the home.
“The homeowner remains unaccounted for at this time, but investigators cannot speculate on the identity of the deceased,” reads a media release from the Bancroft OPP.
Police say a postmortem examination will be required to confirm the person’s identity.
The Bancroft Fire Department, Office of the Fire Marshal, Bancroft OPP Crime Unit, and the OPP Forensic Identification Unit are continuing their investigation into the fire, in conjunction with the Office of the Chief Coroner and Ontario Forensic Pathology Service.
Anyone with information regarding the fire is asked to call the Bancroft OPP at 1-888-310-1122.
