Candles ruled as cause of fatal Nanaimo house fire
NANAIMO — Everyday candles are being blamed for a tragic house fire where a family of three were found deceased.
Nanaimo Fire Rescue chief Karen Fry said candles found in the kitchen of the home in the 700 block of Nicol St. were the cause of the fire and it is ruled an accident. The family of three, including a seven-year-old, were found by the firefighters when they arrived around 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 10.
Fry couldn’t speculate on the cause of death or where the family were discovered inside the house.
“It appears to us the fire had been going for some time,” and quietly spread throughout the house, Fry said. Investigators found no evidence the smoke alarms inside worked.