Elderly Male Dies in Fire

(CITY OF KAWARTHA LAKES, ON) – On Saturday December 9, 2017, at approximately 9:30 pm, officers from the City of Kawartha Lakes Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), ‎the City of Kawartha Lakes Fire and Rescue Service and the City of Kawartha Lakes Paramedic Service responded to a report of a fully engulfed residential structure fire at a home located on Oak Street in the Village of Fenelon Falls‎.

Upon extinguishing the fire, ‎the lifeless body of an elderly male was located in the home.

The cause of the fire remains under investigation and police at the scene are being assisted by investigators from the Office of the Fire Marshal (OFM).

Late last night, a male was taken into custody in regards to this ongoing investigation ‎which is being conducted by detectives from the City of Kawartha Lakes OPP Crime Unit, under the direction of Detective Inspector Dave Robinson of the OPP Criminal Investigation Branch (CIB).

‎Further details will be provided as they become available, however at the present time, the OPP do not believe that there is any risk to public safety.

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