A second person is now confirmed to have died in a fire that broke out at a north Edmonton apartment building on Monday night.
In a news release issued Wednesday, police said an 82-year-old woman — one of two people they had previously said were unaccounted for following the explosion and fire — had died.
Police said the woman was married to an 85-year-old man who died on Monday after jumping from a third-floor balcony to escape the flames.
The fire broke out at about 9:15 p.m. on Monday after a vehicle crashed into an apartment building in the area 82nd Street and 131st Avenue, and ruptured a gas line. Police said that resulted in an explosion and fire at the building. The building has businesses on the main floor and two floors of apartment units above that.
A second resident that had been unaccounted for has been located and is safe, police said Wednesday.
Six people were sent to hospital as a result of the fire. Police said the 62-year-old man who was driving the vehicle that hit the building was taken to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries.
Police said Wednesday they are continuing to work with Edmonton Fire Rescue Services to investigate the events that led to the fire.
