The Boulder County Sheriff’s Office confirmed there is still one person unaccounted for following the Stone Canyon Fire, but said it cannot confirm yet if that person was the body found at a home burned in the fire.

The Stone Canyon Fire started on July 30 in the Stone Canyon area outside Lyons and burned 1,557 acres and five homes.

According to a release issued on Sept. 11, detectives with the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office have reported a missing 74-year-old man, who lived in one of the homes that was destroyed by the fire.

Detectives have tracked all leads to find the missing man but have been unable to find him, according to the release.

Human remains were found within a burned structure in the 2600 block of Eagle Ridge Road, however, officials said they cannot yet confirm if the person is the one whose remains were found.

“We will not automatically conclude that the missing male and the unidentified person whose remains were found, are one in the same,” the release reads. “We will do our due diligence and use all the scientific and investigative tools and resources available to us to positively confirm the identity of the remains. We do not want to release the name of the missing man until the identity of the decedent is confirmed, out of respect for the family of the decedent.”

The Camera is not naming the listed owner of the property where the body was found since it has not yet been confirmed they were the person residing in the home.

The damage to the remains in the fire has made it hard to extract viable DNA which is used to identify the decedent, according to the Boulder County Coroner’s Office.

The Boulder County Coroner’s Office said the “significantly compromised” conditions of the remains are making the identification process difficult, and explained that skeletal remains can undergo severe changes, including dehydration, fragmentation, color alteration and loss of organic material in fires.

The investigation into the cause of the Stone Canyon Fire remains ongoing, according to the release.

Representatives of the sheriff’s office stated that they have requested the assistance of trained fire investigators and are still waiting on their reports.