Edmonton Police Service cruiser. File photo.
Edmonton Police Service has confirmed that Two people were found dead over the weekend after fires were put out at homeless encampments in central Edmonton.
EPS said one of the fires happened Saturday night. Police said emergency crews responded around 7:15 p.m. to a tent fire in an encampment behind a shelter near 100th Street and 105A Avenue, where the Hope Mission’s Herb Jamieson Centre is.
The tent was occupied at the time by a 54-year-old man, who succumbed to his injuries.
Meanwhile on Sunday, sometime between 2:30 p.m. and 3 p.m., crews also responded to another tent fire in an encampment near 95th Street and 105th Avenue in the Boyle Street neighborhood.
An unidentified woman, believed to be in her mid-20s, was discovered dead inside a multi-layered tent once the fire was extinguished.
Fire Rescue Services said both fires are under investigation.
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