Ontario Fire Marshal investigating fatal house fire in Kitchener

Posted May 8, 2017 06:32:32 AM.

Last Updated May 8, 2017 09:19:02 PM.

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One person is dead after a major house fire in Kitchener.

Kitchener Fire Crews arrived early this morning to an engulfed house on Second Ave near Kingsway Drive in the Fairview Park Mall area of Kitchener.

Emergency responders pulled a woman from the home and transported her to a local hospital, she later died.

There is no word on what caused the blaze. The Ontario Fire Marshals Office is investigating.

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