Vigils held in 2 cities for Thompson children killed in house fire

Over 100 people attended a flashlight prayer vigil in Thompson, Man., to offer their condolences for four children who died in a fatal fire in the community earlier this week.

Helen Joy Keeper, 10, Leon Keeper Jr., 9,  Big Bear Keeper, 7, and Rowan Thomas, 4, died on Wednesday when their two-storey home went up in flames.

Shelly Thomas’s five children, aged four to 13, were upstairs during the fire. Only the eldest escaped.

Those that made their way to the vigil at Queen’s Bay laid an abundance of stuffed bears, plush toys and candles in front of the house where the tragedy happened.

“Personally for myself, I’m still trying