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Two people found dead after fire in Saint John homeless encampment

Police are still investigating and have not released any information about the two people who died.

The fire happened just up the street from another recent fatal fire in a homeless encampment

Sam Farley · CBC News ·
Police and fire at the scene
Two people were found dead after a fire Monday afternoon at a homeless encampment on Paradise Row in Saint John. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

Two people are dead after a fire at a homeless encampment in Saint John on Monday.

Emergency crews responded to a tent fire on Paradise Row at 3:41 p.m., according to a release from Saint John Police issued Monday evening.

After the fire was put out, two individuals were found dead. The release stated that investigators are working to identify them.

Police, fire and the coroner's office are all involved in the investigation, and are asking for witnesses or anyone with information to reach out.

Men in white suits investigate the scene
Police are working to determine the identities of the two deceased people. (Roger Cosman/CBC)

It's been a deadly winter for unhoused people in New Brunswick.

A homeless man died in a tent fire in January just up the street from Monday's fire.

Another homeless man was found outside in St. Stephen in December and another was found in a Fredericton landfill earlier this month.

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Sam Farley

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Sam Farley is a Fredericton-based reporter at CBC New Brunswick. Originally from Boston, he is a journalism graduate of the University of King's College in Halifax. He can be reached at [email protected]

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