Fire tragedy highlights Pelican Narrows ‘dire’ housing situation
paNOW Staff
The fire that fully engulfed a Pelican Narrows home last Saturday, killing two young boys and seriously injuring a 10-year-old girl, burned out of control quickly, according to one of the band’s councillors.
“It just went up like a tinder box,” Coun. Francis Highway of Pelican Narrows said on Thursday. He said the house was one of the community’s older houses, and was about 50 years old. He described the house as “dry.”
Days after the fatal fire, members of the Pelican Narrows band council are looking at the safety of homes, as well as some of the broader housing issues within the community.