(ALNWICK-HALDIMAND TWP, ON) –On May 22, 2016 at 4:23am the Northumberland detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) was requested by Alnwick-Haldimand Township Fire Department to attend an address on Telephone Road to assist at the scene of a house fire.
Two occupants of that home have been found deceased at the scene.
The Ontario Fire Marshal’s office (OFM) was notified and has sent an investigator to the scene to assist the OPP Crime Unit with the investigation along with the OPP Forensic Identification Services Unit (FISU) and the Coroner.
Telephone Road remains closed to traffic between Vernonville Road and Highland View Drive as fire officials continue to attend to the fire.
Names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next-of-kin.
Updates will be provided as information becomes available.
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