UPDATE: Police say 7-year-old girl among three dead at Nanaimo house fire
NANAIMO — RCMP say a seven-year-old girl and two adults were found dead in a home in the city’s south end.
In a release, Nanaimo RCMP said the three were found just after 12:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Nicol St. home by emergency crews responding to a fire in the home. The Serious Crime Unit is investigating the cause of the fire and deaths, the release said.
Police said Nanaimo-Ladysmith Public Schools has been contacted, as the girl was a local student.
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