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20th February 2019
12:57pm GMT
Danielle Burt, who lives next door, aid she was woken by the sound of the fire "I heard a huge bang, and I was laying in bed with my daughter, followed by a woman screaming, so I jumped up out of bed and looked out the back window and all I could see was flames shooting out from the back door going out onto their deck," she said. Her children would often play with the younger family members who perished in the blaze, she continued. "They were just over at our house yesterday. "It's just something out of a horror movie that you just never would wish on anybody." Police are investigating what started the fire and have said that it is too early to speculate on the cause.Halifax Police confirm 7 people have died in this morning’s fire in Halifax, all are believed to be young children from the same family. pic.twitter.com/ZlSPWlgxES
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