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Authorities have confirmed the number of deaths account for in a fire that encompassed a senior care home for the elderly, in eastern Quebec on Thursday morning, has increased up to at least five people while remaining 30 are still missing. Furthermore, it is feared that the death toll might increase even further and highlighted that it was difficult for firefighters to rescue people they could not see or hear.
Acting mayor, Ginette Caron, revealed that majority of missing people were sadly confined to wheelchairs and walkers, some had Alzheimer’s disease and only five residents in the centre were fully autonomous. The Member of Parliament for the area, Francois Lapointe, mentioned that “about 31 people are on the list of people that Quebec police are looking for. This is very bad news because they have challenges moving around.” He added that “we’re down to hoping that some of those 31 people were not there … The volunteer firefighters did everything they could. They basically couldn’t save some people they could hear or see.”
One of the witnesses who lived nearby, Pascal Fillion, claims that he ran outside and found a group of locals and firefighters already at the scene, doing everything to save panicked people inside. It was explained that “people tried to do whatever they could, but the fire was so intense that there wasn’t much that could be done.” He added that “I saw people crying, I saw people collapse because they were watching those people burn.”
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