{"id":100170,"date":"2025-12-09T13:55:53","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/?p=100170"},"modified":"2025-12-09T13:55:53","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T18:55:53","slug":"more-known-about-2-people-who-perished-in-trailer-inferno","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/09\/more-known-about-2-people-who-perished-in-trailer-inferno\/","title":{"rendered":"More known about 2 people who perished in trailer inferno"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Carl Clutchey, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Chronicle-Journal Grieving is set to continue this morning in Fort William First Nation as provincial investigators continue to probe Saturday&#8217;s early-morning trailer fire believed to have claimed the lives of two young men. 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