Updated: Aug. 4, 6:15 p.m.
The body located at the scene of the Lumsden Road fire has now been positively identified.
Greater Sudbury Police notified the next-of-kin late this afternoon and at the family’s request the identity of the deceased will not be released.
The family asks for privacy as they grieve their loss.
The Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office and GSPS Detectives continue with the coroner’s investigation in order to determine the facts surrounding this incident.
GSPS Investigators appreciate the information and assistance provided by the community to date, police remind anyone with information to contact them at 705-675-9171.
Updated at 8:35 p.m.:
The OFM and GSPS Investigators continued through the day on the forensic examination of the fire scene with the assistance of Forensic Anthropologist, Dr. Scott Fairgrieve.
The structure has been confirmed to be a recreational camper trailer that had been permanently set up on the property at 162/184 Lumsden Rd., Blezard Valley.
Attempts to positively identify the deceased are ongoing.
A post mortem is scheduled for Thursday morning as CID Detectives continue with the Coroner’s investigation.
GSPS Investigators appreciate the information and assistance provided by the community today, police remind anyone with information to contact them at 705-675-9171.
Updated at 12:07 p.m.: The person found dead after a fire at a residence in Blezard Valley was a man in his 40s, says a neighbour along a remote part of Lumsden Road.
Police have not yet identified the man, but one neighbour said he was a bit of a loner, and lived in a trailer year-round.
It was that trailer that reportedly caught fire Tuesday evening.
“He was a nice guy – easy going,” said Gilles Therrien, one of the man's neighbours.
See the site of the fire and part of Therrien's interview in this video from Sudbury.com.
Therrien said the man had a girlfirend who would visit him a couple times a year. He also said the man had built a small addition to his trailer, lived on a disability pension and had talked about moving because the trailer was too cold in the winter. Another neighbour spoken to by Sudbury.com, however, said the man only lived in the trailer during the summer.
Despite his desire to relocate, Therrien said the man enjoyed living in the country near the bush.
Therrien also said the victim worked at a nearby wrecking yard, and that he'd known the man for three or four years.
Greater Sudbury Police are asking any citizens with information to contact police at 705-675-9171.
Updated: Aug. 3 at 9:40 a.m. In a press release, Greater Sudbury Police confirmed Greater Sudbury Fire Services responded to a fire in Blezard Valley at around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 2.
Once the fire was extinguished, firefighters discovered a body in the ruins.
The forensic examination of the scene will be ongoing throughout the coming days to determine the cause of the fire, while detectives attempt to positively identify the deceased.
Greater Sudbury Police are asking any citizens with information to contact police at 705-675-9171.
Original story:
Greater Sudbury Police and the Office of the Fire Marshal are currently investigating a fire on Lumsden Road in Blezard Valley after a body was discovered in the building.
Greater Sudbury Detectives tweeted about the fire Wednesday morning.
Sudbury.com will have more information about the fire as this story develops.
