Thursday, 13 August 2020

Body Found In Burnt Out House At Merriwa


By IAN CROUCH

Police have discovered a body following a house fire in the Upper Hunter.

Emergency services were called to a rural property on Mountain Station Road, Merriwa, about 9.15am on Wednesday 12 August 2020, following reports a home was fully engulfed in flames.

Crews from NSW Rural Fire Service and Fire and Rescue NSW worked to extinguish the blaze for several hours.

A body was located inside the property; it is yet to be formally identified.

Police are not treating the incident as suspicious.

A report will be prepared for the information of the Coroner.