It was on Tuesday evening, June 29, that the alarm about the fire came in north of Pajala.
SVT spoke to the rescue service's internal commander then and the initial information was that "rice and moss the size of half a football pitch" caught fire.
Since then, there has been silence about the case, but now the police are releasing the information that a person was found dead at the scene.
- On Wednesday evening, two people, a man in his 60s and a woman in her 50s, were arrested on suspicion of the crimes.
They were later arrested by prosecutors on probable cause on suspicion of murder and arson, the police write on their website.
Will hear more
A technical investigation has been carried out on the spot and interrogations have been held and more will be held on Thursday.
A prosecutor is leading the preliminary investigation and no later than Saturday at 12 noon, a decision must be made as to whether the arrested persons should be requested to be detained or released.