Two local leaders say the remote community lacked the facilities to extinguish the house fire
A remote northwestern Ontario First Nation lacked the facilities to extinguish a house fire that left one dead and two others missing, two local leaders said as they implored the federal government for help bolstering fire services.
“That night of extreme cold, people were doing their best to fight the fire and deal with it, but the fire crew couldn’t prevent it due to frozen water hoses, nozzles. It was very dire circumstances.” Keeper said Pikangikum is “devastated” after losing more residents to yet another house fire, recalling the 2016 blaze that killed a family of nine on the First Nation.
“Many community members lost family. This has affected us greatly. We never wanted to see this happen again,” Keeper said. “The government’s response to date has been unacceptable. No more words, we need action,” Keeper said. A 2021 Statistics Canada report commissioned by the National Indigenous Fire Safety Council found First Nations people living on reserves are about 10 times more likely to die in a fire than non-Indigenous Canadians.A 10-year-old girl died last month after a house fire on the Weenusk First Nation, a northern community in Peawanuck, Ont.
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