The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office says one person is dead after a house went up in flames early Thursday morning on Walker Lake Ontario Road in Hamlin.
A sheriff’s office spokeswoman says the house at 812 Walker Lake Ontario Road is a total loss. The Hamlin Fire Department is investigating the cause with assistance from the sheriff’s office.
Authorities responded shortly before two in the morning after a 911 call made by one of the residents from a neighbor’s house. They say two people were sleeping in different parts of the house when one woke up to find the house on fire. That person ran to a family member’s house next door to call for help.
The house was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived. The body was located some time later, and the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office will work to make an identification.