Fatal fire at Quebec nursing home made worse by delays, staffing: Coroner

Inadequate staffing and delays by rescuers play a role in fire fatalities

A 2014 fire that killed 32 people at a Quebec nursing home was made worse by inadequate staffing, delays by rescuers and a section of the building that failed to meet provincial codes, a coroner’s report said. Cyrille Delage’s report was based on the testimony of more than 50 witnesses at hearings into the fire at the Residence du Havre home in L’Isle-Verte.

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