Seven people, including four children, have died in a house fire in Chestermere, Alta., just east of Calgary, Friday, July 2, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
CHESTERMERE, ALBERTA – An Alberta imam says two families were visiting with each other over the Canada Day holiday when seven of them, including four children, died in a house fire.
Syed Soharwardy with the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada went to the scene of the burned home in Chestermere, just east of Calgary.
A man and his wife and children from Ontario were staying with his brother and his brother’s wife and children at the house, Soharwardy said, when the fire erupted early Friday.