Four children died in a house fire in Thompson, Man., on Wednesday evening, police say.
A 41-year-old woman who escaped the fire told police she was in the basement with a 62-year-old man when they heard the sound of a fire upstairs, an RCMP┬аnews release said.
They made it to the main floor┬аbut were forced out by the smoke and fire.
Her five children, age four to 13, were upstairs, and the eldest climbed out a window and jumped to escape, but the other four children didn’t get out.
Police responding to a nearby┬аunrelated incident┬аaround 8:40 p.m. were the first emergency personnel at the fire after they heard a commotion coming from down the street and saw a significant amount of smoke, the┬аnews release says.
The house was fully engulfed in flames when fire crews arrived.
Once the fire was under control, firefighters entered the house and found the other four children: a 10-year-old girl, a nine-year-old boy, a seven-year-old boy┬аand a four-year-old boy.┬а
The children were taken to the hospital, where they died from injuries sustained in the fire, police said
The three survivors were taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police and the office of the fire commissioner have not determined the cause of the fire┬аand continue to investigate.
