63-y-o man killed in Hanover house fire
Published:Sunday | March 26, 2023 | 9:44 PM
The Kingsvale police in Hanover are carrying out investigations to determine the origin of a fire which left a 63-year-old man dead and sections of a house destroyed in the community on Sunday afternoon.
The deceased has been identified as Cornel Somerville, unemployed, of Kingsvale.
It is reported that about 12:30 p.m., fire was seen coming from Somerville's room on the ground floor of a family house in the community.
Residents rushed to the scene and managed to put out the fire.
Somerville's charred remains were found under the rubble.
- Hopeton Bucknor
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