Body found in Lumby home destroyed by fire

A body has been found at a house in Lumby destroyed by fire.

According to a Vernon North Okanagan RCMP media release, what is believed to be human remains were found inside the home.

The blaze took hold in the early hours of June 3 with crews arriving on the scene at 2 a.m. as the home on Mountainview Avenue in Lumby was fully engulfed in flames.

Three people managed to get out of the property safely and the house was completely destroyed.

"The cause of the fire remains undetermined, however, based on findings from the preliminary investigation, no criminality is suspected," Vernon North Okanagan RCMP Const. Chris Terleski. "An examination of the scene was completed and what are believed to be human remains were found inside the home."

The BC Coroners Service is also now conducting its own investigation.


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Ben Bulmer

After a decade of globetrotting, U.K. native Ben Bulmer ended up settling in Canada in 2009. Calling Vancouver home he headed back to school and studied journalism at Langara College. From there he headed to Ottawa before winding up in a small anglophone village in Quebec, where he worked for three years at a feisty English language newspaper. Ben is always on the hunt for a good story, an interesting tale and to dig up what really matters to the community.

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