Latest update says 8 confirmed deaths. Hardly any hope for the missing dozens. Tragic.
From CTVNews:
....8 confirmed deaths in Que. seniors' home fire.
Officials have now confirmed eight deaths in Thursday’s seniors' residence fire in L’Isle-Verte, Que., as a team of investigators continue to search the ice-covered remains of the complex for dozens of people still unaccounted for.
Emergency crews are working in shifts and battling freezing temperatures, as they chip through the thick ice at a seniors residence destroyed by fire.
At a news conference earlier Friday, Lt. Guy Lapointe said the search and recovery process at the Residence du Havre is being handled by three different teams, comprising police, crime scene technicians, firefighters, forensic specialists and members of the coroner's office.......
Going to be a lot of soul searching and hand wringing over this. Stuff like that is preventable. Just heard on the news that it was likely caused by a smoker.
ReplyDeleteYes, such things are usually because a smoker falls asleep and lets his cig drop thus giving start to the fire.
DeleteIn Ontario too, there was a bad fire like this one in a seniors' home which might have been prevented if there were sprinklers. Just having fire alarm systems will not save lives of the old. Some might not even hear them if their hearing aids are not on.