Fire toll at Canadian old folks' home rises to 17

The official death toll from a fire that tore through an old people’s home in Canada has climbed to 17 as emergency workers, some on their hands and knees, continued to comb through the ice-covered rubble.

Quebec police said 15 people were still missing, presumed dead, after the sixth day of the excruciating recovery effort. “We will keep going until all 32 people have been found,” Lieutenant Michel Brunet said.