RCMP are confirming that human remains have been discovered in a burned-out home on the Witchekan Lake First Nation.

Early Sunday morning police were summoned to a report of a fire on the reserve.

When they got there they found the house fully engulfed by flames.

Several people escaped and were taken to hospital in Shellbrook, however one occupant of the home, who is said to be a child, wasn’t found.

The Fire Scene Examiner has been called in to investigate.

An autopsy has been ordered.