Nicole Belair, CAS worker, 33, dies after Hanmer fire

One of the two women who was injured in an apartment fire in Hanmer Monday afternoon has died.

The Children's Aid Society of Sudbury and Manitoulin sent out a news release Wednesday morning confirming it was one of their employees who died of her injuries on Tuesday afternoon.

The release saidthe woman was Nicole Belair, a child protection worker who worked with the agency for eight years. She was conducting a home visit with a client when a fire blazed through the 16-unit building.

Belair was 33-years-old.

The agency said Belair was surrounded by her friends and family in hospital when she passed away.