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The remains of four separate victims have now been discovered at a mill in Oldham which was the scene of a huge blaze, it has been confirmed.
Though the search of the building will continue until 'there is no realistic likelihood of recovering further human remains or objects of significance' detectives say.
It means there is likely to continue to be an emergency service presence at the site for several more weeks at least.
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Human remains were first discovered at Bisdmark House on Bower by demolition workers on Saturday, July 23 this year with police declaring a major incident.
On May 7 huge fire broke out at building that firefighters spent four days tackling, though at the time there the fire service said there was no indication anyone was inside.
Two days before the July 23 discovery police received information about four missing Vietnamese nationals who it is feared could have been inside.
Specialist search teams have been scouring the remnants of the mostly demolished building ever since. And in an update issued today (Wednesday) Greater Manchester Police (GMP) confirmed the remains of four victims had now been discovered.
So far only one of the victims has been formally identified, that being Uoc Van Nguyen, 31, The opening of an inquest into his death at Rochdale Coroner's Court yesterday (Tuesday) heard officers were able to obtain fingerprints from Mr Nguyen's body which matched with an immigration and asylum database.
Senior Coroner Joanne Kearsley said Mr Nguyen, who was born in the Nghe An region of Vietnam and had previously worked as a farmer, had kept in touch with his wife and had told her he was in a
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