Ontarians urged to make sure they have working smoke alarms and well-thought out home fire escape plans
Ontario's Fire Marshal urged residents to ensure they have working smoke alarms and thought-out escape plans Tuesday after the province recorded its highest number of fire-related deaths in more than 20 years.
Pegg provided the year-end statistics at a news conference where he told reporters there were no working smoke alarms in a Hamilton townhouse fire last week that killed four people, including two children. The location of the fire and the layout of the house blocked the victims' ability to descend down the stairwell, said Pegg.
"Trying to figure out exactly what ignited is the next stage of our investigation. That does involve forensics and fire modelling," he said. Officials did not confirm the victims' identities, the relation between them or details about the other two people who survived, but said those details will eventually be released once confirmed.
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