Boy, 3, dies in Six Nations fire
A three-year-old boy is dead following a house fire on Six Nations just before noon Friday.
Six Nations Fire Chief Matthew Miller said firefighters got a call about a fire and a child possibly trapped inside at 11:36 a.m.
Fire crews and Miller arrived to find the two-storey house at 1871 Fourth Line in Ohsweken with smoke and flames shooting out of the first floor.
Miller said they immediately entered the house and found the trapped child under a bed on the second floor.
The boy was rushed to paramedics on the scene who tried to resuscitate him.
He was then taken to West Haldimand General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving.
Miller was unable to say Friday around 4 p.m. how many others were taken to hospital because he himself had been taken to hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation and had just been released. “It’s all pretty fresh.” Miller said others from the house were transported to hospital from the fire scene but was told they were fine.
Six Nations Police said paramedics treated the occupants of the house.
The Ontario Fire Marshal’s office is on the scene helping with the investigation. Six Nations Police are also investigating.
Police said the boy’s name is not being released pending notification of family.
Provincial investigators worked until around 7 p.m. Friday when they had to call it quits because it was too dark, said Manny Garcia, fire investigator supervisor with the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal.
Investigators expect to be on scene most of the day Saturday alongside a forensic fire protection engineer.
Garcia said it is too early to determine what caused the fire.
Even though the home is still standing, it is a “total loss,” he said, noting damage is estimated at around $200,000.
He said it is too early to say whether the home had working smoke alarms.