The small northern British Columbia community of Burns Lake is saying goodbye to two men killed during an explosion and fire at a sawmill last month.
Robert Luggi, 45, and Carl Charlie, 42, died during the Jan. 20 incident that levelled the Babine Forest Products mill.
RCMP Const. Shane Coubrough said a funeral for Charlie was underway Saturday in Burns Lake, and a funeral for Luggi took place Friday in the community of Stellako, B.C., which is southeast of Burns Lake.
"There appears to be quite a few people here," he said of Saturday's funeral. "They set up for just over 800 people."
Coubrough said the flag in front of the RCMP detachment flew at half-mast for much of the week.
The remains of both men were found in the debris of the burned out sawmill just days after the conflagration, which also injured 19 people and left about 250 others jobless.
The B.C. Coroners Service said at the time that dental records were needed to determine the identities of Luggi and Charlie.
Donna Freeman, a spokeswoman for WorkSafe BC, said investigators and a claims team from her organization remained in the community Saturday.
She said the organization now has control of the sawmill site, and she didn't know how long the investigation would last.
"Clearly it will be months, but it's very hard to say. Our staff will have an on-the-ground-presence for some time to come," she said.
Jessica Quinn, a spokeswoman for the Northern Health authority, said all patients in the authority's care had been discharged from hospital.
Twelve were treated in area hospitals, and another seven had been transferred outside the region, including four to Vancouver, two to Edmonton and one to Victoria, she said.
