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One person found dead after the fire in Avesta

11/7/2023, 3:21:44 PM

Highlights: One person found dead after the fire in Avesta. The body has not yet been identified, but the National Board of Forensic Medicine, RMV, will examine the body. A preliminary investigation into arson was initiated in connection with the fire. The preliminary investigation continues and the scene remains cordoned off. Further investigations will be carried out to find out what has happened, police say. The house was completely destroyed in a fire on Thursday last week in By in the municipality of By.

The remains of a person have now been found in the remains of the house that burned down last week in By in Avesta municipality.


It was on Thursday last week that a villa was completely destroyed in a fire in By. On Tuesday, the police informed that technicians who examined the scene of the fire now found the remains of a person in the home.

Not yet identified

The body has not yet been identified, but the National Board of Forensic Medicine, RMV, will examine the body, according to the police.

A preliminary investigation into arson was initiated in connection with the fire and the scene was cordoned off. It was not until Monday morning that the police's technicians were able to start work on site.

Further investigations

The preliminary investigation continues and the scene remains cordoned off. Further investigations will be carried out to find out what has happened.

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Watch the video from the fire. Photo: Niklas Hagman