First Nations girl badly burned in a house fire at Manitoba reserve

Tuesday, January 25, 2011  

A 16-year-old girl was badly burned in a house fire on the Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation in Manitoba.

Alandice Benjoe suffered burns across 70 percent of her body, CBC News reported. Her mother, Daphne Benjoe, 41, did not survive the fire.

Earlier this month, a two-month-old girl died in a house fire on the St. Theresa Point Reserve in Manitoba. Fires on reserves in the province have claimed at least 11 children in the last five years.

Get the Story:
Friends, family pray for fire victim (CBC 1/24)
Saskatchewan woman killed after house fire on Manitoba reserve (The Regina Leader-Post 1/23)
Mother of 6 killed in Manitoba reserve fire (CTV 1/22)

Fires on Manitoba reserves claimed 11 children in past 5 years (1/19)