Dr. Dirk Huyer Regional Supervising Coroner The Regions of Peel, Halton and the Counties of Simcoe and Wellington
On January 9th, 2009, an early morning fire at the Muskoka Heights Retirement home in Orillia, Ontario left four seniors dead and six others critically injured. The findings of a subsequent inquest into this tragic fire identified 39 recommendations to improve fire safety in care occupancies. Dr. Dirk Huyer, the presiding coroner for the inquest will provide a general overview about inquests in Ontario with specific illustration of the Muskoka Heights inquest findings, jury recommendations and the apparent rationale of the jury for the recommendations.
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