MKO Grand Chief Sheila North Wilson is visitng her home community of Oxford House to mourn with community members. She shared this picture on Twitter. 

A GoFundMe page has been set-up to help Oxford House with bereavement costs after losing 3 community members to a house fire.

RCMP say the blaze broke out early Tuesday morning. They’re not suspecting foul play at this time.

Bunibonibee Cree Nation Chief Tim Muskego says volunteers and a fire truck quickly responded, but by the time they arrived the home was engulfed in flames.

He says “each and every one” of the reserve’s 26-hundred people is affected by the tragedy.

Just earlier this month, an internal federal government report revealed almost half the First Nations in the country have little to no fire protection.  

As of this morning, Manitobans donated over $1000 to the crowd funding page.