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Body found after fire in Langley, B.C.: RCMP

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 15 Jul, 2020 09:23 PM
  • Body found after fire in Langley, B.C.: RCMP

Police are investigating after a body was found in a wooded area on the boundary between Langley, B.C., and Surrey on Wednesday morning.

Surrey RCMP say in a news release that officers and members of the Langley fire department responded to a report of a brush fire shortly before 11 a.m.

They say the fire was put out and a body was found.

The cause of the person's death is not known but police says it's suspicious.

The Mounties did not provide information about the identity of the person found dead.

Surrey RCMP's general investigation unit has taken over the investigation.

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