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The Chestermere home along Oakmere Close was owned by Amjad Kamal, neighbour Khaleel Bhatti told Postmedia. The fire occurred while Amjad, his wife Batool Rashid and their five children were hosting his brother Asad Kamal, his wife Rafiya Kamal and their three children.
The blaze ripped through the home around 2:30 a.m. Friday, according to RCMP. A growing memorial at the fatal house fire in Chestermere Lake where seven people died. Photo taken on Sunday, July 4, 2021. Photo by Darren Makowichuk/Postmedia
RCMP Cpl. Tammy Keibel said the investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, though there is still no indication that the cause is criminal in nature.
CHESTERMERE, ALTA. Days after a devastating house fire in Chestermere claimed the lives of seven people, including four children, the family has released an official statement about the extremely tragic incident. This is an unexplainable incident that has rocked the entire community, reads a statement from the Kamal family. Brothers Amjad and Asad Kamal and their families were asleep at the home in Chestermere when the fire broke out early Friday morning. Amjad, the homeowner, made it outside with four of the children. Asad and his wife, Rafiya Kamal, and Amjad s wife, Batool Rashid, perished in the fire. The family is not releasing the names of the four children, aged five to 12, who died in the fire.
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Seven Pakistanis die in Canada house fire
July 4, 2021
CALGARY: Seven Pakistanis, including four children, died in a Canadian city when their house caught fire, police said Friday prompting concerns from the community whether it was a result of Islamophobia.
According to the police, the blaze tore through the home in Chestermere, just east of Calgary, at about 2:30am following Canada Day celebrations.
Three adults and four children ranging in age from four to 12 died in the fire, they said.
Cpl. Tammy Keibel said a boy and a girl, both 12, an eight-year-old girl, and a four-year-old boy perished in the fire. A man and a woman both thought to be 38 years old and another woman approximately age 35 also died.
7 Pakistanis die in Canada house fire
July 4, 2021
CALGARY: Seven Pakistanis, including four children, died in a Canadian city when their house caught fire, police said Friday prompting concerns from the community whether it was a result of Islamophobia.
According to the police, the blaze tore through the home in Chestermere, just east of Calgary, at about 2:30am following Canada Day celebrations. Three adults and four children ranging in age from four to 12 died in the fire, they said. Cpl. Tammy Keibel said a boy and a girl, both 12, an eight-year-old girl, and a four-year-old boy perished in the fire. A man and a woman both thought to be 38 years old and another woman approximately age 35 also died.