VANCOUVER A fire that destroyed a home in Duncan Tuesday night also killed the home s lone occupant, police say. The North Cowichan Fire Department called police to the residence in the 6900-block of Hall Road around 10:30 p.m., according to a news release from North Cowichan/Duncan RCMP. Police say they believe one person was in the home at the time the fire broke out. After the blaze was out, crews located what appears to be human remains, police say in their release. They have not provided the deceased s name, age, gender or any other identifying information. The BC Coroners Service is investigating, and preliminary next of kin notification has been completed, according to RCMP.
It said Rebecca Haslam saw her son’s house was engulfed in flames and called 911. An operator directed her to leave the property. Her home was untouched, but the devastation of losing her only child caused her to have a heart attack, the GoFundMe page said, and she is now being monitored at Cowichan District Hospital. The account said Nate Haslam worked as a plumber for JLS Plumbing and Mechanical in Duncan for more than 10 years. It said his mother is currently on long-term disability after fighting lung cancer, and has worked as a health care aide for several years at various facilities in the Cowichan Valley. “Nathan was her whole world. In her own words, he was a ‘gift from God.’ ”
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