Elderly couple dead in Ottawa-area fire - Elliot Lake Standard ...

By Doug Hempstead, QMI Agency

Posted 4 hours ago

An elderly husband and wife are dead after fire broke out at an Ottawa-area retirement home Friday night.

Emergency officials in Hawkesbury, Ont., responded to the blaze at the Place Mont-Roc around 9:30 p.m.

The home to 90 residents was evacuated, but Anne-Marie Bonin, 84, and Jean-Paul Bonin, 87, were caught inside and died.

No other residents were injured in the fire.

Some of the residents were taken to hospital for precautionary measures, and more than 30 others - those not sent home with family members - were taken to a nearby retirement home.

Family members wishing to know more about the status of a resident family member can call the Prescott-Russell Residence at 613-632-2755.

The cause of the fire is still unknown and is being investigated.

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