McLeese Lake, B.C. – The BC Coroners Service has confirmed the identity of a man who died following a house fire in McLeese Lake on Dec. 17, 2013.

He was Francis (Buck) Storoschuk, aged 78, from McLeese Lake and lived alone in a mobile home in that community.

In the early morning hours of Dec. 17, 2013, neighbours noticed that the mobile home was on fire and called 911. After the fire was extinguished,Storoschuk was found deceased at the scene.

The BC Coroners Service, fire officials and RCMP are continuing to investigate this death.