Two women in Grande Prairie die in fires 24 hours apart

GRANDE PRAIRIE – Two women have died in separate fires over a 24-hour period in Grande Prairie in northwestern Alberta.

Officials say one woman died this morning when a holiday trailer parked outside a home went up in flames.

The fire department says the trailer was engulfed when crews arrived.

A neighbour had pulled the woman out of the burning unit, but she was pronounced dead by emergency medical personnel.