Baby dead, toddler missing in rural Brazeau County house fire - BERITAJA

A babe is dormant and a toddler missing aft a location occurrence collapsed retired astatine a agrarian spot southwest of Edmonton successful Brazeau County.

The occurrence adjacent the mini organization of Breton happened Thursday afternoon. RCMP were called about 12:30 p.m. to a location connected Township Road 482, conscionable northbound of the village.

RCMP said upon arrival, officers learned that a female and 2 children were capable to successfully get retired of the house, but 2 different children — an babe and a toddler — were still inside.

Fire crews fought the blaze, however, constabulary said rescue attempts were not possible. The occurrence has now been extinguished, constabulary said connected Friday.

Upon first hunt of the building, constabulary recovered the babe dormant inside. The child’s assemblage has been taken to the aesculapian examiner’s agency successful Edmonton.

On Friday afternoon, emergency crews remained astatine the home, searching for the toddler who, arsenic of publishing, was unaccounted for.

The origin of the occurrence is still nether investigation.

Breton is about 100 kilometres southwest of Edmonton.