Police are trying to identify the body of a man which was found floating in the Rewa River near Kasavu village this morning.

A group of villagers saw the body, brought it out of the river and alerted police.

According to our reporters on the scene, there were no visible injuries on the body while villagers confirmed the man maybe from a nearby village.

Meanwhile, the police and National Fire Authority are trying to find the cause of a fire which completely destroyed a timber and corrugated iron house in Lajonia Wailevu, Labasa, yesterday.

According to police, the house was vacant at the time of the fire as the occupants had moved to another house a kilometer away earlier this year.

Damage is estimated to be around $45,000.