Police Say One Dead After 'Suspicious' Richmond House Fire

Darpan News Desk, 13 Apr, 2015 10:20 AM

RICHMOND, B.C. — Mounties say one person is dead after a suspicious house fire in Richmond, B.C.

Firefighters responded to the blaze at about 2 a.m. Monday (in the 10,000 block of Cornerbrook Crescent).

Police say the cause of the fire is not yet known but officers are treating it as suspicious.

The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has been called to the scene.

Neighbours reacting to suspicious house fire in Richmond on Cornerbrook and Freshwater. @GlobalBC @BC1 pic.twitter.com/O8lAWfJ1aZ
— John Hua (@JohnHua) April 13, 2015

Mounties say there will be road closures and delays in the area for some time.

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