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A fire at a Bayview Estates mobile home in Quinte West has claimed the lives of a one-year-old toddler and a 66-year-old woman, say police.
According to Quinte West OPP, when first-responders arrived on scene, “they found a residential trailer engulfed in flames” on Thursday, March 13, 2025.
Quinte West fire, paramedics and OPP responded to the fire at the park on Hwy. 2, just east of CFB Trenton, shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, reported police.
“One adult and two children, (ages) seven and nine, were able to escape,” said OPP, in an update on the morning of Friday, March 14, 2025. “Tragically, a one-year-old child and a 66-year-old woman died in the fire.”
Police also said that a 64-year-old man was transported to a trauma centre with serious injuries, while the two kids were transported to a children’s hospital with injuries described as non-life-threatening.
A multi-agency probe involving the Quinte West OPP crime unit, the Office of the Fire Marshal and the Office of the Chief Coroner is continuing.
No other details have been released by officials.
(Written by: Sarah Hyatt)
