LMT_Apr_10_2022_Vol_116_issue_16

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Earl Grey House Fire
-Young couple lose pets
and possessions
On March 30th, a fire broke out in an Earl Grey home rented
by Kaylah Hagley and Hunter Rolufs. It destroyed their
possessions and claimed the lives of their two cats and gecko.
- BY JENNIFER ARGUE, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
April 5th, 2023
“You don’t really expect these
things. You only see it in
movies, and then it just happens.”
- Kaylah Hagley.
The fire occurred the day
before the couple was to move
to the city. Rolufs had taken
a couple of loads of boxes to
the new place in Regina, and
Hagley, who was at work in
the city, drove back with him
at the end of the day.
When they arrived, they
were surprised but what
they found. When they got
out of the car, they could
smell smoke. “We thought
the neighbour was having
a campfire, but then when
Hunter opened that door it
Kitty and O’malley
was just black. Black smoke,
we couldn’t breathe. We
ran in to try to get all of the
animals out.” The dogs had
been in a back bedroom with
the door closed, which Hagley
believes saved their lives. “If
that door had not been shut
they probably would not have
made it,” she said.
They were unable to find
their two cats, “Kitty” and
“O’malley,” at first, eventually
finding them in a bedroom
closet. Rolufs tried to give
CPR to one of the cats; however,
neither survived.
There wasn’t any active fire
in the home when they went
in, and Hagley said the fire
department initially said they
had done a good job of extinguishing
the fire. However,
she said they hadn’t extinguished
the fire.
An ambulance was called
to have them checked out.
Because they didn’t have any
insurance, Hagley’s mom,
Amanda Fink, started a
gofundme writing, “I never
thought I would have to set
up one of these. Tonight my
daughter and her partner
came home to their house
on fire they lost everything
including 2 cats. I know what House Fire Damage - of Kaylah Hagley and Hunter Rolufs, Earl Grey
it's like to be young and not
thinking of having insurance believe me I've rented places and never thought I would need
insurance and they did the same with no rental insurance. They also were moving to another
place so now they have nothing just the clothes on there back. We would greatly appreciate
any help given I feel absolutely bad for even asking for help and I'm so sorry for that.”
To help them out, the Earl Grey Fire Department gave the young couple a $1,000 gift certificate.
Fire Chief Brad Bougher said, “We know first hand the hardship an incident like this
brings to people so it’s something we can provide. It comes from the fire fighters account
built from the fundraising events we host throughout the year. The Earl Grey Longlaketon
Fire Protection Board also contributes $20 per hour per member to this account for the
duration of an emergency call we respond to.”
Hagley is very appreciative of the support they have received, posting a thank you on her
Facebook account “..there is no right words to say how much we appreciate everything..”
She said she is getting rental insurance for her new home, “At a young age we don’t really
think that we need insurance because, either we are poor or we don’t think about it. But
then when tragedy happens, you are like, well I kind of need it now. It’s a hard lesson to
learn. I learned the hard way and I really hope others really don’t have to learn the hard
way.”
We reached out to Saskatchewan Public Safety Inspector Heather Scheidt, who said they
are in the process of writing their report. We will update this story when we receive information
regarding the cause.
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same quality of service. But you are right, it’s a balancing act.
What do you want to pay for?” However, he didn’t think this
issue would assume the RM would raise taxes because they
hadn’t gone through the financials yet.
Councillor Whitrow noted that when they reduced the speed
in his area to 60 km/hr, he initially received complaints, but
then after they took the time to explain why they had done it,
he hadn’t received any additional complaints.
Councillor Garry Gilbert said he thought the RM didn’t do a
good enough job explaining the reasoning behind the decision
to the public. When Strong asked if the signage had been
ordered, answers were not immediately forthcoming from
his fellow councillors. A/CAO responded that some signs had
been ordered that had yet to be delivered. Strong said, “That
sort of signalled to the public that they weren’t going to go
through a bylaw amendment to do it.”
Councillor Whitrow responded to Strong, “how do you mean
that signaled to the public? they didn’t know whether we had
signs or not. We had signs in stock and the signs that we had
in stock are the ones that they put up.”
When Strong asked again if they had ordered signs because
he was told by a ratepayer they had, he asked if there was
a directive at the last meeting. The CAO and Councillor
Whitrow responded no. Councillor Strong then apologized
for the question.
Ultimately, the council voted unanimously to rescind the
motion. They will be working on getting more feedback and
providing reasoning to the ratepayers behind the matter.
Editors Note: The disparity in time over
12km at those two speeds is 3 minutes.