RCMP were investigating two homicides Thursday night after a man and a woman died following a house fire in Maple Ridge, B.C.

Firefighters performed CPR on a person taken out from a Maple Ridge, B.C., home where a fire broke out late Thursday afternoon.
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Spokesman Cpl. Dale Carr told CBC News the RCMP's Integrated Homicide Investigation Team has taken over the case.

Emergency crews arrived at the scene on the 12400 block of 263 Street in Maple Ridge around 4:30 p.m., when a man and a woman were found inside the second floor of a house, Carr said.

Firefighters arrived at the scene on 12450 263A Street, where two people were found inside the house.
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Firefighters performed CPR on one person at the scene, and the pair were then rushed to hospital in serious condition. They were suffering from smoke inhalation and were pronounced dead in hospital.

Police have not commented on the cause of the fire.