{"id":480196,"date":"2026-02-17T07:54:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/480196\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T07:54:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T07:54:25","slug":"man-charged-with-manslaughter-after-allegedly-setting-west-broadway-house-on-fire-killing-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/480196\/","title":{"rendered":"Man charged with manslaughter after allegedly setting West Broadway house on fire, killing man"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 68-year-old man who was critically injured in a house fire in West Broadway on Thursday has died of his injuries, and Winnipeg police say the blaze was deliberately set.<\/p>\n<p>The Winnipeg Police Service says Gregory George Thomas lost his life in the aftermath of the evening house fire on Young Street and Broadway that authorities allege was deliberately set.<\/p>\n<p>BACKGROUND: <a href=\"https:\/\/winnipeg.citynews.ca\/2026\/02\/13\/3-injured-as-house-was-destroyed-by-evening-fire-in-winnipegs-west-broadway-neighbourhood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">3 injured as house was destroyed by evening fire in Winnipeg\u2019s West Broadway neighbourhood<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Michael Patrick Gordon, 40, was charged with manslaughter and two counts of arson with disregard for human life. He was detained in custody.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas and two others, including a firefighter, were taken to hospital following the blaze at the two-and-a-half storey house.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_3168-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-575008\"  \/>Aftermath of a house fire on Young Street in Winnipeg, seen Feb. 13, 2026. (Mike Sudoma, CityNews)<\/p>\n<p>Thomas was in critical condition, while a second person who was in the home and the firefighter were in stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>The allegations against Gordon have not been tested in court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 68-year-old man who was critically injured in a house fire in West Broadway on Thursday has died&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480197,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-480196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480196\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}