Two killed when house on small British Columbia island collapses
April 10, 2025
Two people have been killed after being trapped under a house on a small island off British Columbia’s coast.RCMP in Powell River say they received a call on April 6 about two people trapped under the house on Savary Island, just off the coast of the small city, about 150 kilometres northwest of Vancouver.Police say when the island’s volunteer fire department and emergency health services personnel arrived they determined the house was under renovation and was being lowered onto a new foundation when it collapsed.
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