News briefs for Thursday, June 1, 2023

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A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Thursday, June 1, 2023

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A collection of breaking news briefs filed on Thursday, June 1, 2023

Occupants flee Whyte Ridge house fire

10:32 AM

The occupants of a home in Whyte Ridge that caught fire early Thursday managed to escape to safety, the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service says.

Fire crews were called to the two-storey house on the first 100 block of Hammersmith Road at 1:21 a.m., where they found smoke and flames coming from the structure.

Firefighters attacked the blaze from the outside, protecting nearby homes, before going inside to finish the work. Crews got the fire under control in just over an hour, WFPS says.

The WFPS is still investigating the cause of the fire.

Young girl presumed drowned in Brochet

3:13 PM

A five-year-old girl is presumed to have drowned after she was found in a lake near her home.

Thompson RCMP were called about the death in Brochet, a remote fly-in community, at approximately 7:45 p.m. Wednesday.

RCMP said the child wandered away from her home. Her family searched for her, and she was found in a nearby lake near her home.

The child was rushed to the local nursing station and pronounced dead, RCMP said.

 

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