Body discovered inside property following house fire

Emergency crews were called to the blaze in Keith, Moray on Sunday afternoon around 3.35pm.

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A person has died following a house fire in Moray. 

Emergency services were called to the property on Union Street in Keith on Sunday around 3.35pm.

Firefighters extinguished the blaze however a body was discovered within the property. 

Enquiries into the death are ongoing, police said.

A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We were made aware of a fire at a property on Union Street in Keith around 3.35pm on Sunday, November 28.

“The fire has been extinguished by the fire service but sadly a body of a person was found within.

“Enquiries are ongoing and a report will be submitted to the Procurator Fiscal in due course.”