[A]bout 4:15pm on Wednesday 3 January 2018 a fire was discovered at a house in Bruce Dewar Meuse in Dumfries.
Emergency services attended and the fire was extinguished by the Fire and Rescue Service.
A spokesman for Police Scotland said: “The body of a man was discovered within the house and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
“A joint fire investigation will take place on Thursday 4 January 2018 to establish the cause of the fire.
“Police Scotland can now name the man found dead at the scene as 51-year-old Stuart Collis.
“Mr Collis lived alone at the address.
“A report has been sent to the Procurator Fiscal.”