A pall of gloom has descended on Guram village in Ludhiana district after five members of a local family died in a devastating house fire at their residence in Brampton, Canada, about a week ago.
Among the deceased was the unborn child of Arashveer Kaur, who survived by jumping from the roof but suffered severe injuries that resulted in a miscarriage.
Happy Shankar, a close relative of the family, said that Jugraj Singh was the only member of the joint family present in the Brampton home at the time of the incident who managed to escape the blaze that broke out last Thursday.
His mother-in-law, an unmarried sister-in-law, a niece and his wife’s cousin all perished in the fire. His wife, Arashveer Kaur, sustained injuries after leaping from the rooftop in a desperate attempt to save her life.