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Manslaughter charge following fatal house fire: Winnipeg police
Michael Patrick Gordon faces manslaughter and two arson charges after a fire killed one and injured three, including a firefighter, police said.
- On Feb. 12, officers responded just after 6 p.m. to a fire on Young Street, where 68-year-old Gregory George Thomas later died.
- Authorities, citing evidence, treated the fire as intentional, and the Winnipeg Police Service homicide unit took over the investigation.
- Fire crews rescued one person from the home while several residents escaped on their own, and two people plus a firefighter were hospitalized, one in critical and two in stable condition.
- Police charged Michael Patrick Gordon, 40, with one count of manslaughter and two counts of arson and said he has been detained in custody.
- Smoke choked parts of downtown Winnipeg early Thursday evening as firefighters and Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service battled the blaze.
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