Skip to content
Join our Newsletter

Occupant dies in trailer fire

One person died at the scene after a fire erupted late Saturday night in a trailer in the 2500 block of Grant Road, Prince George Fire Rescue said. The person, whose name and age were not provide, was the structure's lone occupant.
fire-fatal.15_11142016.jpg

One person died at the scene after a fire erupted late Saturday night in a trailer in the 2500 block of Grant Road, Prince George Fire Rescue said.

The person, whose name and age were not provide, was the structure's lone occupant.

"Crews quickly entered the home a found the lone occupant a short distance from the entrance door," PGFR asst. chief Denis Poulin said. "Medical care was quickly administered but the occupant succumbed to their injuries.

"The fire was extinguished and crews did a secondary search and found no one else inside the home."

In all 17 firefighters from three halls were dispatched to the scene at 11 p.m.

PGFR deemed the cause of the fire accidental and estimated the damage at $100,000.