Search resumes in L’Iles-Verte, Que., for fire victims
Posted Jan 24, 2014 8:20 am.
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L’ISLE-VERTE, Que. – Investigators are back on the job sifting through icy rubble to try to locate more victims of a fire that destroyed a seniors’ residence in Quebec.
Provincial police say three teams are working in rotation because of the freezing temperatures in L’Iles-Verte.
Authorities are using steam to melt the ice and to preserve any bodies that are buried.
Police told a news conference this morning that the official death toll stands at five and another 30 people are considered missing.
The cause of Thursday”s early morning blaze is unclear and Lt. Guy Lapointe says nothing is being ruled out at this point.
Most of the residents probably never had a chance.
Many of them were over 85, had little or no mobility and were confined to wheelchairs or walkers.
