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| Police searching for Louis Simpson, 14, find body in fire barn | Police searching for Louis Simpson, 14, find body in fire barn |
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| Police searching for a 14-year-old boy missing since a fire at a barn have found a body in the building. | |
| A Lancashire Police spokesman said no formal identification has been made but the body is believed to be Louis Simpson who was missing since Sunday. | A Lancashire Police spokesman said no formal identification has been made but the body is believed to be Louis Simpson who was missing since Sunday. |
| Louis had not been seen since a blaze broke in the barn storing straw at Fairhurst Hall, Parbold. | |
| The body was found in the barn on Monday evening and a post-mortem examination is due to take place later. | The body was found in the barn on Monday evening and a post-mortem examination is due to take place later. |
| The spokesman said: "After an extensive search of the area, a body was recovered from the barn (on Monday). While yet to be formally identified, the body is sadly believed to be Louis. | |
| "Louis' family have been informed this morning and they are being supported by specially trained officers. Our thoughts are with them at this time." | |
| The fire's cause is still being investigated but there are no suspicious circumstance, he added. | |
| Det Supt Neil Ashton said on Monday it appeared a group of friends were "playing in a rural setting" and were at the barn when the fire started. | |
| The barn had been storing about 250 tonnes of straw. |