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One dead, 3 injured after cottage fire in Cavendish, P.E.I.

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Police are investigating after a fire at a cottage in Cavendish, P.E.I., led to the death of one person, and three others injured.

Officers with the Queens District RCMP, along with firefighters and paramedics, responded to a report of a cottage fire on Route 6 around 5:40 a.m. on Sunday.

When police arrived, they say officers found the structure “fully engulfed in flames.”

Three people had escaped the structure with injuries, one of which was seriously injured.

After the fire was extinguished, emergency services then found the remains of one person inside.

The investigation is ongoing with help from the province’s fire marshal’s office and the coroner’s office.

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