A five-year-old is dead after a house fire early Thursday morning in McCreary.
At 1:40 a.m., Ste. Rose Du Lac RCMP responded to a report of a house fire on 4th Avenue, in McCreary.
Initial reports from witnesses indicated that the house was fully engulfed in flames and that there were people trapped inside.
A 28-year-old female was taken to the hospital with serious injuries while a 3-year-old child was rescued and taken to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
The RCMP, along with the Office of the Fire Commissioner continues to investigate.