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In an update provided by police and rescue operators on Friday, it was explained that the search operation will continue through the wreckage of a deadly seniors’ home fire in Quebec and will now include search for victims by using hot water vapours to deal with the thick ice that has formed over the bodies. So far the death toll has reached at five, while about 30 are still missing.
According to Quebec government officials, the section of Résidence du Havre that caught fire and burned to the ground just after midnight on Thursday did not have a sprinkler system, however, it was not required to have one under provincial regulations. The authorities explained that half of the building was built in 1997, while the rest was constructed in 2002 stands and so nearly untouched by the flames. In a statement issued by Quebec’s minister for social services, it was mentioned that “residences for people who are autonomous or semi-autonomous, sprinklers are not obligatory unless it is a building of more than three storeys.” It was added that “this residence was in perfect conformity with all the standards.”
Hivon explained that 52-room seniors home recently passed its annual evacuation test which required all residents to be cleared from the building in under eight minutes. She revealed that the government is now focusing with help of a working group to review all regulations around sprinkler systems in old-age homes since the deadly fire has raised “important questions.”
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