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Two crowdfunding drives have been launched to help families impacted by a fire in the Donovan on Monday.
The blaze began in the basement walkout of the four-unit building on Melvin Avenue, near Kathleen Street, resulting in four residents being treated for smoke inhalation and minor burns.
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Residents of all four apartments were also displaced due to smoke and fire damage.
In one case the family includes two young children.
“Jesse, Hope, Alicia and Aiden lost their home today to a fire,” writes Amy Archibald, who started a GoFundMe campaign for the family on Monday.
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Four people are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries and more than twice as many have been displaced after a fire broke out in a large, brick residential building in the Donovan on Monday.
Jesse Oshell, deputy chief with Greater Sudbury Fire Services, said crews responded to the blaze on Melvin Avenue, near Kathleen Street, shortly before 2 p.m.
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“It was in a multi-storey, four-unit complex and the fire started in the basement walkout,” he said. “There was significant fire and smoke damage throughout.”
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A woman charged in a Melvin Avenue homicide in November of 2019 could soon be headed to trial.
Kiaro Chilton, 34, is charged with second-degree murder, possession of a weapon, two counts of breach of probation and one count of breach of bail, and recently had a judicial pre-trial meeting concerning her case.
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She now has a May 18 return date in Superior Court assignment court.
A judicial pre-trial meeting is a closed-door meeting involving a judge, member of the Crown and defence lawyer to discuss issues in a case.
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