MEDIA RELEASE GUELPH POLICE SERVICE
A 41-year-old Guelph female is dead following a fire in her west-end townhouse unit early Thursday. Her identity is not being released.
A 911 call was received just before 3 a.m. Thursday about a fire which began in the basement of a townhouse on Westwood Road near Willow Road. Several adjacent units were evacuated due to thick smoke. The first officers on scene observed smoke coming from the main and upper floors.
The female resident of the affected unit was located in the basement by Guelph Fire Department personnel and transported to Guelph General Hospital where she was pronounced deceased. A male was also transported from the scene to hospital for treatment of a minor injury not related to the fire.
The incident remains under investigation by the Guelph Police Service and Guelph Fire Department with assistance from the Office of the Fire Marshall. More information will be released when it is available.
Anyone with information is asked to call Detective-Constable David Collie at 519-824-1212, ext. 7027 or email him at dcollie@guelphpolice.ca.
