Vigil Outside Burned Northern Manitoba Home Mourns Loss of Four Kids

Flowers and stuffed animals are placed on the side of the road as police and fire investigators look over the scene of Wednesday evening's house fire that left four children dead in Thompson, Man., Oct. 27, 2022. The Canadian Press/Ian Graham

Standing on slush under street lights in front of a charred and boarded-up home where a fire claimed the lives of four young children, a large crowd gathered in a northern Manitoba city to mourn the loss and comfort the grieving family.

Many of those at Saturday night’s vigil in Thompson brought their children and could be seen in videos that were posted to social media walking with them to a makeshift memorial of stuffed animals, candles, helium-filled balloons and flowers, pausing at the pile to add their own contributions.