Foul play not suspected in death of person found in Bowmanville building fire

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 17, 2025 3:18 PM EDT | Last Updated: 11 minutes ago

Police accidental determination is nary grounds of foul play successful the decease of a person found successful a downtown Bowmanville building badly damaged by a occurrence past week. 

The idiosyncratic was recovered by during the Ontario occurrence marshal's investigation into the blaze connected March 6, constabulary antecedently said. 

A post-mortem introspection recovered nary signs of foul play, and the the injuries are believed to beryllium a effect of the fire, Durham Regional Police said successful a quality merchandise Monday. 

Investigators are inactive trying to place the victim, constabulary said.

On the time of the blaze, the Clarington occurrence work said 1 idiosyncratic was unaccounted for aft respective homes were evacuated arsenic a effect of the fire. It was unclear astatine the clip if that idiosyncratic was wrong the gathering during the blaze.

Police said the Ontario occurrence marshal's bureau is inactive investigating.