Human remains discovered after fire in small Manitoba town

A fire in the community ofPowerview-PineFallsled to the discovery of human remains in an oldvacant building on Wednesday.

Emergency crews responded just before 6 a.m. to a fire in the former office building that served the long-since demolished paper mill, RCMP said.

The building isjust offPine Street, the main route throughthe community of 1,300 people, which is about 100kilometres northeast of Winnipeg.

When crews arrived the building was engulfed in flames, RCMP said.

Once itwas extinguished and firefighters went inside to look for hot spots, they found the remains, police said.

No other injuries were reported.

RCMP and Office of the Fire Commissioner continue to investigate.

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