By rdnewsNOW Staff

Ongoing Investigation

Two children perish in Buck Lake house fire

Jun 4, 2021 | 1:56 PM

Two small children are dead after fire ripped through a residence near Buck Lake in the County of Wetaskiwin Wednesday morning.

On June 2, at approximately 11:00 a.m., the RCMP Central Alberta District (CAD) Crime Reduction Unit (CRU) was conducting an unrelated investigation in the area of Buck Lake when the investigation led to a residence where there was a house fire in the area of Township 465 and Range Road 63.

RCMP officers notified Fire Services and upon gaining entry to the yard and residence, were told that there were two children trapped inside. RCMP officers attempted to rescue the children; however, due to the extent of the fire, re-entry to the residence was not possible.

Breton and Thorsby RCMP attended the scene along with multiple volunteer Fire Services who worked to extinguish the blaze.

A search of the structure once the fire was extinguished resulted in locating the two missing children, a one-year-old male and four-year-old female—both from Drayton Valley.

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Alberta RCMP Major Crimes Unit, Alberta RCMP General Investigation Section from Alberta RCMP Serious Crimes Branch, RCMP Forensic Identification Section, along with a Fire Investigator attended the scene to assist with the investigation.

RCMP continue to wait for an official report from the fire investigator from the Alberta Office of the Fire Commission.

Breton RCMP’s investigation into this fatal fire continues.

Further updates will be provided when more information is available.