An elderly Westampton Township resident was found dead in a fire-damaged home.
The Pennington Drive home of 71-year-old Shun Ying Leung was “well involved in flames” when police and firefighters responded to the blaze at approximately 6:20 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 7, Westampton police said. Firefighters from Westampton and other towns contained the blaze, but access to the interior was impeded by “hoarding conditions.”
A K-9 deployed by New Jersey State Police found the victim’s body.
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The fire’s cause is under investigation.Jim Walsh is a senior reporter with the Courier-Post, Burlington County Times and The Daily Journal. Email: Jwalsh@cpsj.com.
This article originally appeared on Cherry Hill Courier-Post: Shun Ying Leung was killed in a fatal Westampton Township house fire