(Sherbrooke) A fire in a triplex on Kennedy Street North, in Sherbrooke, left one person dead.
It was a neighbor who called 911 Friday evening, around 9:40 p.m., to notify emergency services that the apartment building was on fire.
A body was found in the rubble and the death was noted on the spot, indicated the Sherbrooke Police Service (SPS) in a press release on Saturday morning.
The firefighter intervention ended around 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
The fire scene was protected. Investigators and a forensic identification technician, assisted by the fire inspector, will be deployed on site to advance the investigation.
The cause of the fire and the identity of the victim have not been released.
There will also be a coroner’s inquest to clarify the causes and circumstances of the event.