FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Chisasibi, Qc – March 13, 2025 – Members of the Eeyou Eenou Police Force of the Chisasibi detachment along with officers of the Sûreté du Québec responded to a call received on the morning of March 12, 2025 concerning a house fire in the community. Officers made their way to the location and saw that individuals had escaped from the house fire with minor injuries. It was then known to the officers that three persons were still unaccounted for. The EEPF & SQ secured the area as the local fire department tried to contain the fire and the other persons that were inside the house were taken to the local hospital for treatment. Upon investigation, it was discovered that a young mother and her two infant children were the three remaining people inside the house. Eeyou Eenou Police Force called the Sûreté du Québec’s Major Crimes Investigation to send their specialty team to investigate and recover the remains.
Eeyou Eenou Police Force would like to express our deepest, sincere condolences to the families and friends impacted by these tragic events.