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Police now investigating deadly St. Catharines tent fire as homicide

Police identified the victim as 53-year-old Kenneth Dombroskie; investigators confirmed the death as a homicide and continue to seek public information.

  • Niagara regional police announced on Friday that they are investigating a fatal tent fire in St. Catharines as a homicide; they identified the victim as Kenneth Dombroskie, who had no fixed address.
  • Officers on patrol reported seeing a large active tent fire early Tuesday in a forested area of Mountain Locks Park, St. Catharines, along the Merritt Trail.
  • Firefighters extinguished the fire and found a dead man inside the tent, while Niagara Regional Police Service's criminal investigative branch and the Ontario Fire Marshal's Office opened an investigation.
  • Police asked anyone with information to contact them, and investigators say the Niagara Regional Police Service criminal investigative branch will continue probing the case.
  • On Friday, police identified the victim as Kenneth Dombroskie, 53, who had no fixed address.
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Police investigating fatal tent fire in St. Catharines, Ont., as homicide

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Winnipeg Free Press broke the news in Winnipeg, Canada on Friday, February 13, 2026.
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