A woman was killed and a rooming house received extensive damage in an early-morning fire Thursday on Park Street North in Peterborough.

A body was removed from the fire-damaged building at about 1 p.m. Thursday.

Three other residents of the building suffered smoke inhalation and were taken to Peterborough Regional Health Centre for treatment.

City fire crews headed to the scene at about 2:09 a.m. to deal with the fire on the first floor of the building.

It happened at 142 Park St., across the street from the General Electric plant. The two-storey house is a rooming house for men, according to an online rental advertisement for the address.

The cause is undetermined and the blaze is under investigation by the Fire Marshal's Office, the city fire department and city police.

City police said Thursday afternoon that the fire is not considered suspicious and by Thursday night city police officers had left the scene.

There was extensive damage to the house, but the city fire department have not yet made a dollar estimate of the damage.

The body has been sent to the Centre of Forensic Sciences in Toronto to confirm the person's identity and the cause of death, city police said later Thursday.

Displaced residents were assisted by the Peterborough City-County Disaster Relief Fund.

Earlier a city transit bus was brought to the scene to keep the displaced residents warm after overnight temperatures reached -13.2 C, feeling more like -19 C with the wind chill.

Park St. was closed to traffic on Thursday between Townsend St. and Wolfe St. for the investigation.

It was unclear Thursday whether the building meets the definition of a rooming house under city regulations.

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Property owners are expected to get a business licence in Peterborough before renting out multiple rooms in a building; the idea is to allow fire inspectors occasional access into these homes to ensure safety.

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