More Help on the Way for Family That Lost Seven Children to House Fire: MP

More Help on the Way for Family That Lost Seven Children to House Fire: MP
The aftermath of a house fire is seen in the Spryfield community in Halifax on Feb. 19, 2019. Rob Roberts/The Canadian Press
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HALIFAX—One week after a house fire claimed the lives of seven children in a Halifax suburb, the local member of Parliament says the community has come through “in a beautiful way” to help the grief-stricken mother and her badly injured husband—both of whom are Syrian refugees.

Offers of support and donations continue to pour in for Kawthar and Ebraheim Barho, Liberal MP Andy Fillmore said in an interview on Feb. 26.