Five-year-old dies in hospital after house fire in Winnipeg: police

A Winnipeg Police Service shoulder badge on an officer is shown in Winnipeg on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Winnipeg police say a five-year-old has died after a house fire in the city that sent nine people to hospital.

By The Canadian Press

Fri., Jan. 28, 20221 min. read

WINNIPEG – Police in Winnipeg say a five-year-old has died after a house fire in the city that sent nine people to hospital.

The child, one of five children in the home, was in critical condition when taken to hospital on Thursday.

Police say the four adults and remaining children, who range in age from one to early teens, are stable in hospital.

The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service has said crews were called to a single-storey house in the West End neighbourhood.

There was heavy smoke coming from the house and it took more than 20 minutes to get the blaze under control.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 28, 2022.

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