Investigators are treating the discovery of a body in the wreckage of a burnt-out home in Holt as suspicious. The remains were found by fire crews as they battled the blaze in the early hours of the morning.
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00:00 The home on a cul-de-sac near Southern Cross Drive has been gutted.
00:08 Fire crews were able to stop the blaze spreading to surrounding properties, but as they battled
00:13 the flames, they made a gruesome discovery.
00:16 We found a deceased person inside and now we're investigating the circumstances of the
00:22 fire and the death.
00:24 Investigators say it was a neighbour who raised the alarm just before 3am, though many Giltman
00:29 Place residents say they weren't aware of the emergency until crews were already on
00:34 scene.
00:35 I had a look and saw all the vehicles in the street for the fire brigade and police.
00:41 That's all I saw.
00:42 One of the policemen came and talked to me and asked if I knew anything about the fire
00:47 that I didn't know there was a fire there.
00:49 The cause of the fire and the identity of the body is yet to be confirmed.
00:54 Any death is a tragedy and we're treating that very seriously and we'll be able to report
01:01 to the coroner anything that we find.
01:03 Police say their investigation will take time, meanwhile they're urging anyone with information
01:08 to come forward.
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