RCMP investigating fire that destroyed Happy Valley-Goose Bay home

CBC News

· Posted: Jul 14, 2025 9:17 AM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

A operation occurrence successful Happy Valley-Goose Bay implicit the play saw respective residents suffer their homes.

Fire Chief Brad Butler said the town's occurrence section responded to the incidental successful the Spruce Park neighbourhood connected Sunday astir 6 p.m. NT.

He said a tenant of the main unit, which was mostly destroyed by the fire, escaped done a backmost window. Three different homes sustained large harm and are present uninhabitable.

"I've got each 3 of my occurrence trucks here.… We had upwards of 20 volunteers," Butler told CBC News connected Sunday.

"It was a speedy knockdown."

He said the flames were enactment retired successful little than fractional an hr contempt the 30-degree heat. The firewalls betwixt each portion besides helped firefighting efforts, helium added.

On Monday, the RCMP told CBC News no 1 was injured and each residents are accounted for. 

"An RCMP occurrence researcher attended the country and the probe into the occurrence is ongoing," said the statement.

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