Man found dead following Dartmouth apartment fire

A man has been found dead following an early morning fire at an apartment in downtown Dartmouth, N.S.

Halifax police said in a news release that officers and firefighters were called to the scene on Portland Street around 4:10 a.m. Thursday.

Const. John MacLeod said the fire was contained to a number of apartment units located above a business.

He didn’t yet have an age on the victim, who was found in one of the units.

Investigators were still working to determine the cause of the fire, he said.