A PERSON has died following a fire on the Isle of Wight this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to a house on fire in Victoria Road, Cowes, shortly before 1.00pm where they found a body.
Firefighters extinguished the flames at the house, which is now sealed off.
The cause of the person's death is not yet known.
A spokesman for the police said an investigation into the death has been launched.
Victoria Road has been closed between its junctions of Mill Hill Road and Fellows Road.
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