Two men dead after Sheet Harbour fire
CBC News
Posted: Dec 13, 2012 7:30 AM AT
Last Updated: Dec 13, 2012 9:13 AM AT
Police guard the lane that leads to the burned building. (Craig Paisley/CBC)
The RCMP are on the scene of a deadly fire near Sheet Harbour, just off Highway 374.
Witnesses called for help around 2:19 p.m. Wednesday when they discovered a building on fire. The building is described as either a cottage or hunting camp.
Fire crews informed the police after they found the bodies of two men in the rubble. Police are treating the deaths as suspicious, while they have not declared the fire suspicious.
Sheet Harbour is approximately 122 kilometres northeast of Halifax.
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