Early Christmas Morning, Officers from the Neepawa, Spruce Plains, and Minnedosa RCMP detachments responded to the Hotel Fire in Gladstone.
When police arrived, fire departments were already on the scene fighting the fire, so officers, with the help of a local resident, began evacuating buildings connected to the hotel. Officers were then told one of the hotel residents had not been seen and was potentially still inside.
Once the fire was extinguished, remains were found inside. The identification of the deceased individual is pending an autopsy by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The Office of the Fire Commissioner is investigating the cause of the fire.
