A person who had been accounted for after a house fire in the Lord Roberts neighbourhood has been found dead.

Winnipeg police say the fire started shortly after 11:30 p.m. on Saturday in a one and a half storey home in the 600 block of Nassau Street South. 

Offices were patrolling the area when the fire broke out,  and notified the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service. When crews arrived, large plumes of smoke and flames were billowing out of the home.

Due to the intensity of the fire, crews were unable to enter the home and were forced to fight the fire using an aerial ladder. 

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During this time, officers learned that a man in his 80s, the lone resident of the home, was unaccounted for.

An investigation was launched, and a systematic room-by-room demolition of the house was initiated the following day. The victim, an 81-year-old man, was quickly located. Members of the WFPS Technical Rescue Task Force rappelled from the bucket of the aerial ladder into the house to retrieve the victim.

Family members have been notified, and the Major Crimes Unit has taken over the investigation. 

At this time, the fire is not being treated as a suspicious incident. 

The investigation is ongoing.