Les flammes ont ravagé la maison peu après 2h30, vendredi matin, alors que deux familles parentes y étaient réunies, a indiqué la Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC) par communiqué.
Un garçon et une fille de 12 ans, une fillette de huit ans et un garçon de quatre ans ont malheureusement perdu la vie lors du drame, tout comme un homme et une femme âgés de 38 ans ainsi qu’une femme de 35 ans, ont confirmé les autorités.
Le propriétaire de la résidence, Amjad Kamal, et quatre enfants ont toutefois réussi à s’échapper des flammes, selon le
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House fire kills seven Pakistanis in Canada
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The preliminary investigation does not indicate the incident to be criminal in nature.
ALBERTA (Dunya News) – Seven members of two Pakistani families were killed in an early-morning fire in Canadian city of Chestermere near Alberta on Friday, Dunya News reported.
According to sources, seven members of two related families from Karachi died in the blaze. Amjad Kamal, Rafia Rashid, a 35-year-old woman and four children were among the dead. An adult male and four children were able to escape.
Seven people have been killed, including four young children, when a fire ripped through a home in Chestermere, Alberta, local officials say. Five other people were able to escape.
Seven including 4 children killed in Canada fire
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Ottawa, July 3 : Seven people from two families were killed in an early-morning fire in Chestermere, Alberta on Friday. Five others - an adult and four children - managed to escape.
The fire broke out at about 2:30 a.m. in the city about 16 kilometres east of Calgary, the CTV reported.
Among the dead are a 38-year-old man, a 38-year-old woman, a 35-year-old male, a 12-year-old boy, a 12-year old girl, an eight-year-old girl and a four-year-old boy.
Calgary Imam Syed Soharwardy with the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada said two families, who were both Muslim, were living in the home.