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Soharwardy, who knows the family, says they re still in shock.
Chestermere Mayor Marshall Chalmers says in a statement that words cannot effectively express the devastation on (the) community.
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 says, when the fire erupted early Friday.
RCMP have said the cause of the fire is under investigation but initial findings don t suggest it was deliberately set. In our Islamic terminology, anybody who died because of these kind of tragedies, they are considered as martyrs, Soharwardy said in an interview Saturday.
Prayers held for seven people who died in house fire east of Calgary
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CHESTERMERE, Alta. – Special prayers were held at Calgary’s Green Dome mosque and at the Chestermere Islamic Centre east of the city in honour of seven members of the same family who perished in a house fire early Friday.
Imam Syed Soharwardy, with the Islamic Supreme Council of Canada, says relatives of the family, some of whom have just arrived in Alberta from Ontario in the wake of the tragedy, watched livestreams of the services.
Soharwardy, who knows the family, says they’re still in shock.
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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.