The search for any remains of Vern Martin, who is missing and believed to have perished during the Northern Thunderbird Air hangar fire, resumed Wednesday at the Prince George Airport.
The site, which looks like a heap of rubble, will be thoroughly examined by an RCMP forensic identification section, Coroner's Services officials and forensic anthropologist, Dr. Richard Lazenby from UNBC.
The search for Martin, who remains as a missing persons file, involves moving the debris with equipment like a tracked excavator-shovel followed by a search for remains, said Lazenby, who fully expects to find remains if they are present.
"The skeleton is pretty resolute, and it's pretty hard to completely consume a body by fire," he said.
Lazenby added the search may take a day "if we're lucky", a few days or even a week.
He has two of his forensic anthropology students working with him, and noted use of a trained cadaver dog may be considered as the search continues.
The fire occurred on the afternoon of Dec. 19 and the cause has never been identified.
The missing man, the principle owner, has been listed as missing since that time. His truck was parked at the site at the time of the fire, but the site search at that time did not reveal any human remains.
The search was delayed until spring due to ice buildup during the fire fighting efforts.
"If we can recover any human remains it will bring closure the family," said Cst. Gary Godwin, RCMP media liaison.
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