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Boy, 7, dies in Garden Hill First Nation house fire, Island Lake RCMP investigating

RCMP say a boy is dead following a house fire in Garden Hill First Nation Friday. Wikipedia

A seven-year-old boy is dead following an early-morning house fire in Garden Hill First Nation.

Emergency crews were called to the fire in a home on the First Nation, 475 northeast of Winnipeg, around 5 a.m. Friday.

Police say an adult resident of the home first noticed the flames around 3 a.m. and started evacuating the home.

Three adults and four children were inside at the time of the fire, say police.

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One child was unaccounted for after everyone else escaped the flames, and police say the body of a seven-year-old boy was found inside later in the day Friday.

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The office of the fire commissioner is helping Island Lake RCMP investigate the fire.

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