Person found dead after fire in historic building in Bowmanville, police say

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· Posted: Mar 10, 2025 9:27 PM EDT | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

A idiosyncratic has been recovered dormant wrong a historic gathering successful downtown Bowmanville wherever a large occurrence happened past week, according to Durham Regional Police.

In a quality merchandise connected Monday, constabulary said the Ontario Fire Marshal recovered the idiosyncratic following the blaze that broke retired past Thursday on King Street W.

Investigators are inactive trying to place the person. Initially, aft the occurrence was enactment out, Clarington Fire said 1 idiosyncratic was unaccounted for. Clarington firefighters were called to the code astatine astir midnight connected March 6.

Twenty-four radical were evacuated from their homes owed to the fire.

According to Clarington Fire, the gathering where the occurrence occurred is astatine slightest a period aged and has businesses astatine thoroughfare level and residential units connected the 2nd and 3rd stories.

Police said the Ontario Fire Marshal's bureau is inactive investigating the origin of the fire.

"Our thoughts and prayers stay with those impacted by this tragedy," constabulary said successful the release.