Nunavut tent fire survivor still seeks help – Nunatsiaq News
November 23, 2015
“It’s has been a hard and painful healing process for Nina and son”
A family devastated by a tent fire in August still needs help.
The Aug. 16 tent fire near Pond Inlet claimed four victims: Ikie Kautuq, father of four, and three of his children.
After the fire, members of the injured family were medevaced to hospitals 3,000 kilometres to the south, in Winnipeg and Ottawa, for treatment.
But only the mother, Nina Kautuq, and one son survived.
That’s why Ocean Umphrey, a cousin of Nina Kautuq who lives in northern British Columbia, has gone back online, asking for help on a Facebook page, called “Tragedy in the Arctic: Family caught in Tent Fire in Pond Inlet,” and GoFundMe online fundraising page.
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