Woman killed in Bowmanville fire identified as Kelli Faris, 54

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· Posted: Mar 20, 2025 9:21 AM EDT | Last Updated: 20 minutes ago

Durham constabulary person identified the idiosyncratic killed successful a blaze that tore done a historical gathering successful Bowmanville earlier this period arsenic 54-year-old Kelli Faris.

In a societal media station Thursday, constabulary said an autopsy recovered "no signs of foul play" connected Faris's remains and investigators judge she died of injuries caused by the fire.

The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal has finished its introspection of the country and "efforts to find the cause, origin, and circumstances" of the blaze are ongoing, constabulary added.

The century-old gathering connected King Street W. successful downtown Bowmanville was severely damaged by the occurrence that broke retired successful the aboriginal greeting hours of March 6.

Two twelve radical were displaced from their homes connected the 2nd and 3rd stories of the building, and aggregate businesses astatine thoroughfare level were forced to temporarily close. 

Police archetypal confirmed they had recovered quality remains astatine the country connected March 10.

Anyone with accusation that could assistance investigators is asked to interaction Durham constabulary oregon to permission an anonymous extremity with Crime Stoppers.