The Carnduff and RM of Mount Pleasant No. 2 Fire Department has released more information on the fatal house fire in Carnduff earlier on Thursday.
Firefighters were dispatched to a house fire in the 100-block of Baglole Crescent at 2:02 a.m. on Thursday. Eighteen members of the Carnduff Fire Department responded with two pumper trucks, one ender truck, and one rescue truck.
Upon arrival, firefighters encountered a fully involved house trailer on fire. The fire quickly spread to a neighboring house trailer and vehicle. Due to the intense flames, firefighters could not make entry into the first home, and had to use a defensive attack.
Firefighters used two supply lines and four attack lines to contain the fire in the second home. Firefighters were able to get the second fire under control, and stop the spread to other homes in the area.
After both fires were extinguished, two bodies were discovered in the first home. Firefighters then secured the scene and turned the investigation over to the RCMP, the Fire Commissioner's Office, Yorkton Forensic Identification Services, and the Office of the Chief Coroner. Any future updates on the investigation will come from the RCMP not the Carnduff Fire Department.
"The Carnduff Fire Department would like to thank Carnduff RCMP, Carnduff EMS, and all our volunteers for their hard work," the department said in a news release.
An investigation is ongoing.
