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Sat, September 6, 2008
Blaze kills one
UPDATED: 2008-09-06 03:05:33 MST
Another in critical condition
By COVY MOORE, SUN MEDIA
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AIRDRIE -- One person has died and another is in critical condition in hospital after a fire tore through an Airdrie mobile home yesterday morning.
About 6:10 a.m., RCMP and Airdrie Emergency Services were notified of a fire in progress at the mobile home court at the north end of Main St.
"Upon arriving at the scene, they did notice flames and smoke inside the residence," said Const. Francine Hiebert.
"Investigation reveals that there (were) four occupants living in the residence, one of which, a 21-year-old female was located deceased in the house."
A 21-year-old man is in life-threatening condition at Foothills hospital with injuries sustained in the fire.
A 34-year-old woman and her three-year-old daughter were able to escape without injury after the home's smoke detector woke them.
No names have been released. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
The "fire started on the deck, it was an external fire, no accelerant was located and there is nothing suspicious in nature," said Hiebert.
One resident of the mobile home park who lives next to the affected home said he heard the fire in the morning, and immediately started clearing out the lane in front of his home, knowing the fire department was on its way.
"It's pretty crazy rolling out of bed and seeing your neighbour's house going up," said Russell Melenchuk.
"We knew the fire trucks were coming, so we just got everything the hell out of the way -- that was the first instinct."
Phyllis Brandow, a resident of the mobile home park who lives a safe distance from the fire, came home to the scene after a night shift at her job in Calgary to find numerous emergency services vehicles at the fire
"It's a little unnerving. "I have insurance, and that's not enough ... I pray every day when I leave here, 'protect my house.' "
Blaze kills one
UPDATED: 2008-09-06 03:05:33 MST
Another in critical condition
By COVY MOORE, SUN MEDIA
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AIRDRIE -- One person has died and another is in critical condition in hospital after a fire tore through an Airdrie mobile home yesterday morning.
About 6:10 a.m., RCMP and Airdrie Emergency Services were notified of a fire in progress at the mobile home court at the north end of Main St.
"Upon arriving at the scene, they did notice flames and smoke inside the residence," said Const. Francine Hiebert.
"Investigation reveals that there (were) four occupants living in the residence, one of which, a 21-year-old female was located deceased in the house."
A 21-year-old man is in life-threatening condition at Foothills hospital with injuries sustained in the fire.
A 34-year-old woman and her three-year-old daughter were able to escape without injury after the home's smoke detector woke them.
No names have been released. The cause of the fire is still being investigated.
The "fire started on the deck, it was an external fire, no accelerant was located and there is nothing suspicious in nature," said Hiebert.
One resident of the mobile home park who lives next to the affected home said he heard the fire in the morning, and immediately started clearing out the lane in front of his home, knowing the fire department was on its way.
"It's pretty crazy rolling out of bed and seeing your neighbour's house going up," said Russell Melenchuk.
"We knew the fire trucks were coming, so we just got everything the hell out of the way -- that was the first instinct."
Phyllis Brandow, a resident of the mobile home park who lives a safe distance from the fire, came home to the scene after a night shift at her job in Calgary to find numerous emergency services vehicles at the fire
"It's a little unnerving. "I have insurance, and that's not enough ... I pray every day when I leave here, 'protect my house.' "
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Mobile home fire kills woman
Boyfriend clinging to life after being pulled from blaze
Tamara Gignac, Calgary Herald
Published: Saturday, September 06, 2008
An Airdrie woman is dead and her boyfriend is clinging to life after an early-morning house fire at a mobile home park.
Two other occupants of the home -- 34-year-old Sherri Michaud and her three-year-old daughter Adriana -- escaped the burning home unharmed after a smoke detector alerted them to the blaze.
"Mom and baby are safe. The saving grace is that Mom got out, she got her baby," said neighbour Connie Charbonneau, who works with Michaud at the Royal Canadian Legion and shares a back fence with her at the Trailer Courts off Main Street.
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Font:****"I woke up at six o'clock this morning to flames and screaming and crazy havoc happening.
"I rushed out, ran around the corner and Sherri saw me and screamed my name." Michaud's 21-year-old stepbrother was taken to Foothills Hospital with severe burns. His name, and that of his 21-year-old girlfriend, are being withheld until next of kin are notified.
Smoke and flames were visible from the home when emergency crews arrived shortly after 6 a.m. Friday.
It is believed the fire started outside the residence and quickly spread.
"It started on the deck and we don't exactly know the cause at this point," said RCMP Const. Francine Hiebert.
"But it's not suspicious in nature at all." Hiebert declined to comment on whether smoking was a factor in the blaze, noting the investigation is still ongoing.
Next door neighbour Irene Melenchuk was getting ready for her job at a local cafe on Main Street shortly after 6 a.m. when her husband told her he spotted an orange glow from inside the adjacent mobile home.
Still in her pajamas, Melenchuk quickly roused her adult sons and headed outside, where she heard screams coming from Michaud's home.
"That's when I was scared -- I've never heard anything like that in my entire life," said Melenchuk.
She was standing near the north end of the trailer when a police officer called out for help carrying the young man to safety. "I picked up his legs, and they were terribly burned. That will be with me for a long time." Michaud is keeping vigil at her brother's bedside, friends say, and little Adriana is in the care of family and friends in the park.
"The neighbours got together, and before the baby even knew the house was on fire, she was with a grandma that she just met, and an elderly lady across the laneway let her come in and watch cartoons and eat cookies and milk in the morning," said Charbonneau.
Boyfriend clinging to life after being pulled from blaze
Tamara Gignac, Calgary Herald
Published: Saturday, September 06, 2008
An Airdrie woman is dead and her boyfriend is clinging to life after an early-morning house fire at a mobile home park.
Two other occupants of the home -- 34-year-old Sherri Michaud and her three-year-old daughter Adriana -- escaped the burning home unharmed after a smoke detector alerted them to the blaze.
"Mom and baby are safe. The saving grace is that Mom got out, she got her baby," said neighbour Connie Charbonneau, who works with Michaud at the Royal Canadian Legion and shares a back fence with her at the Trailer Courts off Main Street.
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Font:****"I woke up at six o'clock this morning to flames and screaming and crazy havoc happening.
"I rushed out, ran around the corner and Sherri saw me and screamed my name." Michaud's 21-year-old stepbrother was taken to Foothills Hospital with severe burns. His name, and that of his 21-year-old girlfriend, are being withheld until next of kin are notified.
Smoke and flames were visible from the home when emergency crews arrived shortly after 6 a.m. Friday.
It is believed the fire started outside the residence and quickly spread.
"It started on the deck and we don't exactly know the cause at this point," said RCMP Const. Francine Hiebert.
"But it's not suspicious in nature at all." Hiebert declined to comment on whether smoking was a factor in the blaze, noting the investigation is still ongoing.
Next door neighbour Irene Melenchuk was getting ready for her job at a local cafe on Main Street shortly after 6 a.m. when her husband told her he spotted an orange glow from inside the adjacent mobile home.
Still in her pajamas, Melenchuk quickly roused her adult sons and headed outside, where she heard screams coming from Michaud's home.
"That's when I was scared -- I've never heard anything like that in my entire life," said Melenchuk.
She was standing near the north end of the trailer when a police officer called out for help carrying the young man to safety. "I picked up his legs, and they were terribly burned. That will be with me for a long time." Michaud is keeping vigil at her brother's bedside, friends say, and little Adriana is in the care of family and friends in the park.
"The neighbours got together, and before the baby even knew the house was on fire, she was with a grandma that she just met, and an elderly lady across the laneway let her come in and watch cartoons and eat cookies and milk in the morning," said Charbonneau.
