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HOUSE FIRE CLAIMS LIFE OF LOYALIST RESIDENT - Ontario Fire Marshall investigating fatal fire

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HOUSE FIRE CLAIMS LIFE OF LOYALIST RESIDENT

Ontario Fire Marshall investigating fatal fire

(LOYALIST TOWNSHIP, ON) - A 19-year-old has been located deceased following a house fire, south of Odessa.

On Thursday, January 29, 2026, shortly before 8:30 pm members of the Lennox and Addington County Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), Loyalist Township Firefighters, multiple other Fire Departments and Lennox and Addington County Paramedics responded to a house fire on Millhaven Road, near Caton Road.

The home was engulfed in flames when emergency services arrived. One person, who was initially unaccounted for, was located deceased during the subsequent investigation.

Firefighters remained on the scene for several days and the Ontario Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the blaze.

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