A fire has destroyed a home at the Paqtnkek Mi’kmaw Nation. RCMP say police, firefighters and EHS were called to the scene on Petow (Pet-ow) Loop Extension around 1:40 Monday afternoon.
Officers says the house was engulfed in flames when they arrived. Firefighters were able to put out the blaze, but the house is a total loss. A 23-year-old woman was in the home when the fire started, and suffered minor injuries; she was transported to hospital by ambulance.
Police say the cause of the fire was not suspicous.