A mother and her two young children were taken to hospital after a Vernon house fire this morning. RCMP say emergency crews were called to the 3600 block of 24th Ave in Lower Mission Hill around 9:20. Four people were in the residence at the time, a grandmother, a mother and two children, a four year old, and another aged 18 months. The mother and children were taken to the hospital to be treated for burns and smoke inhalation. RCMP spokesman Gord Molendyk says the cause has been established but it's not being released at this time as officials continue to speak to witnesses, and piece together what happened.
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Tue, 2010-02-02 15:39. Kate Bouey - 105.7 SUNFM: Vernon Vernon House Fire An 18-month-old Vernon boy, in serious condition with burns and suffering from smoke inhalation, has been airlifted to BC Children's Hospital on the Lower Mainland. Police spokesperson Gord Molendyk says the boy, a four-year-old sister, his mother and grandmother were all in the house when the blaze broke out sometime around 9 am Tuesday morning in the 36-hundred block of 24th Avenue. He says the boy's mother is in Vernon Jubilee Hospital receiving treatment but the girl has been released. Meanwhile RCMP and fire investigators are questioning witnesses to try to determine the cause.
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