Four dead in Savonlinna house fire on Independence Day

Four people were found dead after a detached house burned down in the village of Louhi, Savonlinna, on Finland’s Independence Day.

Police suspect the victims were the residents of the home, which according to public information had recently been rented by a mother and her three young children.

The fire was reported shortly after 8:00 on the morning of 6 December. Emergency services arrived to find the house fully engulfed.