In frigid temperatures, authorities continue to search for bodies of elderly people who died in a Quebec fire.<br/> <br />Police say at least 8 people have died and about 30 are unaccounted for after a wooden retirement home went up in flames early Thursday morning.<br/> <br />Thick ice formed as firefighters, working in temperatures as low as 22 Celsius, or minus 8 Fahrenheit, doused the building for hours.<br/> <br />Police spokesman Guy Lapointe spoke of the unforeseen challenges:<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) LT. GUY LAPOINTE, QUEBEC PROVINCIAL POLICE, SAYING :<br/> <br />"So many things can happen that we cannot plan on: the cold is extreme, the equipment could freeze."<br/> <br />Now firefighters are using steam machines to melt the ice encasing the corpses… dealing with conditions so cold they can only work 45-minute shifts.<br/> <br />The building reportedly only had a partial sprinkler system - in a home where many of the residents' mobility was restricted by wheel chairs or walkers.
