The victims of a deadly RV fire received first aid. A family camping trip involving two young children and their grandparents ended in tragedy after the motorhome they were sleeping in caught fire overnight in B.C.’s Fraser Canyon.
RV fire tragedy
According to police, the grandparents who are both in their mid-50s were asleep in the rear of the motorhome when they were awoken by the RV’s smoke alarms and their two dogs.
The couple was able to reach the two youngsters, a 4-year old boy and a 5-year old girl who were sleeping in the front right-side pull out. The pair carried the children to the back of the vehicle and pushed each out of the rear-side window.
When the children were out, police stated that the woman collapsed inside. She was rescued by two other people, employees of her partner who were camping nearby. The employees smashed a window of the motorhome to get inside and rescue here.
Police stated that the children were breathing when they were removed from the vehicle, but later succumbed to their injuries in a healthcare facility. The grandparents remain in a hospital in Kamloops while their two dogs perished in the fire.
The Mounties, ambulance paramedics and volunteer firefighters from Lytton attended the scene, providing first aid to all four occupants before transporting them to a healthcare facility.
Saving lives
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