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Members of the Farooq family, from left: Fayza Peyawary, Zebunesa Sadiq and Aliza Sadiq died in a fire Tuesday in the city that also killed grandmother Shemeen Akhtar. Hamid Farooq (far right) was at work at the time of the fire. Police said today the family was overcome by smoke before it had a chance to call 911 for help.
Family overcome by smoke, could not call 911: police
The four members of the family who died in a fatal fire never called 911 for help, before they were overcome by smoke, Winnipeg police said Friday morning.
"We have determined that there were no phone calls into 911 from that residence," Winnipeg Police Service Const. Natalie Aitken said Friday.
A baby, named Hoorya, pulled out of the burning home remains in hospital in critical ...
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