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Homicide Investigators Called To Mission Trailer Park After Fatal Fire

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 17 Apr, 2015 12:42 PM

MISSION, B.C. — Homicide investigators have been called to the scene of a deadly fire at a Mission, B.C., trailer park.

The blaze broke out at about 3:30 a.m. Friday and fully engulfed a mobile home.

After the fire was extinguished, a body was found in the wreckage.

Police haven't identified the person who died, but residents of the trailer park say a mother of two lived in the home in question.

RCMP Insp. Konrad Golbeck says the trailer was completely destroyed.

He says the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team is now taking over the case. (News 1130)

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