Plumas fire caused by careless cooking

By: The Brandon Sun Posted: 5:00 PM CST Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019 Last Modified: 2:41 PM CST Friday, Nov. 15, 2019

The deadly fire in Plumas last week was caused by “careless cooking,” according to the Office of the Fire Commissioner.

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The deadly fire in Plumas last week was caused by “careless cooking,” according to the Office of the Fire Commissioner.

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The deadly fire in Plumas last week was caused by “careless cooking,” according to the Office of the Fire Commissioner.

In an emailed statement on Thursday afternoon, a spokesperson said the investigation found there were no working smoke detectors in the house.

Four children lost their parents and their youngest sibling — a two-year-old girl — in the fatal mobile-home fire just west of Plumas on Nov. 9.

Jennifer McLeod, 28, and Bobbyjoe Lindsay, 36, died in a fire in their mobile home near Plumas on Friday. Their youngest child, a two-year-old girl, also died. (File)

The bodies of a 36-year-old man, a 28-year-old woman and the two-year-old girl were located inside the home once the fire was extinguished. Autopsies have been scheduled, RCMP said over the weekend.

Though authorities have yet to release the names of the victims, family members told the Winnipeg Free Press the adults were Bobbyjoe Lindsay and Jennifer McLeod, a couple who’d lived on an acreage near Plumas for several years. Lindsay was originally from Rivers, family members say, and McLeod from the Minnedosa-Bethany area.

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