ALBERTA: Seven members of two Pakistani families were killed in an early-morning fire in Canadian city of Chestermere near Alberta on Friday.
According to media reports, seven members of two related families from Karachi died in the blaze. Amjad Kamal, Rafia Rashid, and five 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.
The incident happened at around 2:30 a.m. on Friday when neighbours reported hearing a loud bang at a home in the 300 block of Oakmere Close in Chestermere, just east of Calgary. The back of the home was completely destroyed in the fire.
“Two related family units were in the home at the time of the fire,” Alberta RCMP said in a statement. “One adult male and four children were able to escape the fire; tragically, seven other occupants were unable to.”
The five survivors who escaped were assessed by EMS, and the four children were taken to hospital as a precaution.
“The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ordered autopsies on the deceased who will be conducted in the coming days,” RCMP said. “The Fire Investigator along with the RCMP Forensic Identification Unit remains on scene to conduct further examination.”
“The cause of the fire remains under investigation by Chestermere RCMP; however, the preliminary investigation does not indicate it to be criminal in nature,” RCMP said in the statement, adding that autopsies will be carried out in the coming days.
“The Fire Investigator along with the RCMP Forensic Identification Unit remains on scene to conduct further examination,” the statement said.
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