UPDATED:
Fire investigators arrived Sunday afternoon at the scene of an apartment building fire in Sudbury. They were there to investigate how two bodies were discovered after the fire was knocked down. The fire occurred at the Banyan apartment building, located at 1525 Paris Street, around 4 a.m. Sunday morning.
"Crews were called there early this morning for reports of heavy smoke and fire coming from one of the units," said Greater Sudbury Fire Service deputy chief Jesse Oshell.
"The occupant of the unit did evacuate safely. And we were able to, over the course of several hours, get that fire under control and out."
Oshell said once the fire was knocked down, tenants were able to safely return to their apartment units.
"We were able to return all but the unit affected back into the building. However, we did discover that there two individuals were deceased, were found deceased in the building. And as the result of the fire we have passed that investigation over to police services and the fire marshal's office as a potential fatal fire," Oshell continued.
Oshell said that at this time there is no confirmed cause of death for the two individuals. He said subsequent investigations by police and the fire marshal's office will have to determine that. No other information with respect to the deceased persons was released Sunday afternoon.
An investigator from the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office attended the fire scene Sunday afternoon and was joined by Oshell and other investigators from the Greater Sudbury Fire Service to inspect the scene.
This is the second fatal fire incident in Sudbury in less than a week. On Friday, firefighters responded to a house fire at 500 Tedman Avenue. A resident, an elderly man, died in that fire.
ORIGINAL REPORT:
Two bodies were discovered in the debris of an overnight fire at the Banyan Apartment building on Paris Street in Sudbury.
Jesse Oshell, deputy chief of the Greater Sudbury Fire Services, told Sudbury.Com that crews were called out to fight a fire early Sunday morning in the 99-unit building and were able to successfully knock down the fire.
In the aftermath of that fire, Oshell said two bodies were discovered.
He said Greater Sudbury Police Service and the Ontario Fire Marshal's office have been notified.
Oshell said there is no indication at this time with respect to how the individuals died; whether from the fire or from other causes unrelated to the fire.
Oshell said those are questions that will have to be answered in the follow up investigation.
More to come.