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Three dead in Hobbema house fire

Three people are dead after a house fire in Hobbema on Sunday.
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Three people are dead after a house fire in Hobbema on Sunday.

One man and two women were found dead in a home that was destroyed by fire on the Samson First Nation.

Muskwachees Fire and Emergency Medical Services, as well as RCMP, arrived at 4:18 a.m. to find a home engulfed in flames. Firefighters entered the burning structure to find the three people inside.

All three victims are 25 or 26 years old and members of the Maskwacis community. Autopsies of all three are planned. No names have been released pending notification of next of kin.

Provincial fire investigators and RCMP forensic and general investigation officers are conducting an investigation. RCMP say there is no indication of criminal behaviour associated with the blaze.