Fire deaths 10 times more likely for residents of Ontario First Nations: report – insauga.com
July 16, 2021
Systemic problems tied to the legacy of colonialism have left residents of First Nations in Ontario 10 times more likely to die in fires than people who live in the rest of the province, a government report has found.
The review from the Office of the Chief Coroner, spurred by two fatal fires in 2016 that left 14 people dead, found First Nations children under the age of 10 are 86 times more likely to be killed by fire than their non-Indigenous counterparts.
