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After responding to a recent call where people had ventured out on to the ice in the Charlottetown harbour area, the city is warning residents. Nicola MacLeod explains.
The City of Charlottetown is warning Islanders to stay off ice floes after receiving a call about people who ventured out onto the ice in the Charlottetown Harbour area.
No ice is currently safe to be on, the city said in a news release.
“It’s very dangerous. The ice floe could give way. The children could end up in the water, which isn’t safe at this time of year,” said Kent Mitchell, Charlottetown’s deputy fire chief.
Hypothermia is a concern, as well as getting trapped underneath the ice, he said.
“For somebody to respond to that emergency, it’s not going to be an instant type of thing. It could be a few minutes. You could be in grave danger by then.”
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