Victoria Fire investigators spent the day on the scene of a fatal fire on Scott Street near Hillside Mall.
47 year old Richard Vida lost his life in the blaze. He was home alone at the time of the fire.
When fire fighters arrived the home was fully involved in flames. Once the fire was under control firefighters conducted a search and as Chief Bob Jones tells CTV Vancouver Island, that’s when Vida’s body was found.
“We performed and interior search as we do when it’s safe we went in and found a body on the floor of the kitchen.”
Vida who lived with his teen age daughter and son could not be revived. An official cause has not been determined. Damage is estimated at 300 thousand dollars.