{"id":43505,"date":"2015-02-26T02:34:46","date_gmt":"2015-02-25T18:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=43505"},"modified":"2015-02-26T02:34:46","modified_gmt":"2015-02-25T18:34:46","slug":"four-children-die-in-manitoba-house-fire-parents-and-three-other-kids-survive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/02\/26\/four-children-die-in-manitoba-house-fire-parents-and-three-other-kids-survive\/","title":{"rendered":"Four children die in Manitoba house fire, parents and three other kids survive"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KANE, Manitoba — The fire chief in a southern Manitoba rural municipality says it was the father of four children who died in an early-morning house fire who made the emergency call.<\/p>\n

The man saw smoke coming from his house as he was returning from work, Bernard Schellenberg, volunteer fire chief in the RM of Morris, said Wednesday.<\/p>\n

He was not sure if the child’s mother was with the father or in the home.<\/p>\n

“The parents have been sent to hospital for observation and three of the other children are at a neighbour’s place,” Schellenberg said.<\/p>\n

RCMP said the blaze broke out near the tiny community of Kane, about 95 kilometres southwest of Winnipeg.<\/p>\n

Schellenberg, who was not at the scene, said the emergency call came in at around 12:15 a.m. and about 20 volunteer firefighters from nearby communities responded in four trucks.<\/p>\n

The two-story farmhouse was already engulfed in flames and smoke when crews arrived.<\/p>\n

“They went into a defensive strategy and they could not make entrance into the house due to heavy smoke and fire conditions.”<\/p>\n

Environment Canada indicates the temperature in the Morris area at the time was -27 C with the wind chill.<\/p>\n

Crews were still pouring water on the house Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

The fire is under investigation by the Manitoba Fire Office and the RCMP, Schellenberg said.<\/p>\n

A “critical incident stress debrief” was being set up to help the volunteer firefighters who were at the scene, “so they can go through some of the emotions that come with a call like this,” he said.<\/p>\n

“Our crews did the best they could with the conditions they had.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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