Investigation into Hamilton fire that killed 2 kids and man will look at if smoke detectors were working [Video]

Hamilton police have provided more details about the Brock Street fire in north Hamilton on Sunday that left two children and one man dead.

The girls, ages 21 months and three years, were found in a bedroom of the highrise apartment by members of the Hamilton Fire Department. 

The adult who died was a 52-year-old man, police said in an emailed statement on Monday.

More than 60 firefighters, police and emergency services responded to the multiple-alarm fire at the Pier Towers Apartments on 35 Brock St. that sent 13 people to hospital. 

“There is no information to suggest this fire is suspicious,” Jackie Penman, a Hamilton Police Service spokesperson, also said in the statement.

The police homicide unit is involved because pediatric death protocol requires them to investigate children’s deaths. 

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