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Police will prepare a report for the coroner after Monday's fatal house fire in Kyabram.
Investigations are ongoing. However, police said the matter was not being treated as suspicious.
12.20pm
Police have confirmed a person has died in a house fire in Kyabram.
On Monday morning, police reported one person had escaped but another was unaccounted for.
Tragically, they have since found a deceased person at the Allen Street property.
They are yet to be formally identified.
Another person, a 40-year-old man, escaped without serious injury.
It is believed the fire started in the home shortly after 5am.
The exact cause of the fire is yet to be determined and the investigation is ongoing.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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A person has yet to be accounted for after a house fire in Kyabram on Monday morning.
Police were told the fire at the Allen Street property started just after 5am.
One person was believed to have escaped the blaze, but police said a second person had yet to be located.
The cause of the fire is yet to be determined. Police say the investigation is ongoing.
Investigators have urged anyone with information to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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