{"id":302798,"date":"2025-11-24T01:31:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/302798\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T01:31:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T01:31:08","slug":"5-killed-in-brampton-house-fire-relative","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/302798\/","title":{"rendered":"5 killed in Brampton house fire: relative"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beth Macdonell reports the latest on a deadly house fire in Brampton, Ont., late last week, and the tragic losses suffered by the family occupying the home. <\/p>\n

Four members of the same family as well as an unborn baby died as a result of a house fire in Brampton late last week, says a relative who was not home at the time of the blaze.<\/p>\n

Late Sunday afternoon, a victim liaison officer from Peel Regional Police confirmed to CTV News Toronto that a man named Jugraj Singh, who lived at the now nearly demolished residence near Mclaughlin and Remembrance roads, was away at the time of the Nov. 20 fire.<\/p>\n

This brings the total number of residents of the dwelling to 12: 10 members of a multi-generational family along with two tenants in a basement unit, whom police said were unharmed.<\/p>\n

\"\"Const. Tyler Bell, of Peel Regional Police Const. Tyler Bell, of Peel Regional Police, speaks during a Nov. 21 briefing at the scene of a fatal fire in Brampton. <\/p>\n

Emergency responders at the scene early Thursday morning said they found two people deceased: one inside the residence and another who was just outside of it. <\/p>\n

Peel Regional Police said four other occupants survived the blaze but were critically injured after jumping from a second-floor window. Three of them, including a five-year-old boy, are now in serious condition, while the fourth individual is still fighting for their life in hospital, they said.<\/p>\n

Crews combing through the wreckage on Friday said they located the remains of a third person, who has only described as an adult. <\/p>\n

The search for two other missing occupants, one of whom is believed to be a toddler, was paused until Sunday afternoon as the coroner attended the scene.<\/p>\n

\"\"Brampton fire Fire crews work the scene of a fatal residential overnight fire in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. (Sammy Kogan\/The Canadian Press) \u2018Beloved Indian Punjabi family\u2019<\/p>\n

Singh, meanwhile, has set up a crowdfunding page to support his family \u201cduring the most heartbreaking and unimaginable time of our lives.\u201d<\/p>\n

In it, he says he is the only member of his family who is physically safe as the fire took five lives from his \u201cbeloved Indian Punjabi family\u201d \u2013 his mother-in-law, his sister-in-law, her two-year-old daughter, his wife\u2019s cousin, and his unborn child.<\/p>\n

Singh noted that his wife and their five-year-old son are among those who survived, indicating that those who were injured are \u201call currently in the ICU, suffering from severe burns and receiving critical medical care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Everything in house destroyed<\/p>\n

He added that the fire also destroyed \u201ceverything in the house \u2014 personal belongings, clothing, passports, insurance documents, and other essential papers.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing was left,\u201d said Singh, who noted that he is also hoping to raise enough funds to repatriate his loved ones\u2019 bodies back to India.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs the only family member able to manage arrangements, I am trying to cope with both the emotional devastation and the overwhelming financial burden.\u201d <\/p>\n

A number of grieving family members were seen near the scene of the fire on Sunday. One of them was observed speaking with officials there.<\/p>\n

\"FatalFatal fire in Brampton leaves 3 dead, police still searching for more individuals Fatal fire in Brampton leaves 3 dead, police still searching for more individuals Neighbours devastated<\/p>\n

Many in the community are also heartbroken.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just terrible. It\u2019s just unbelievable that this could happen here. I don\u2019t know what really happened in there. And for anybody to jump out a window and people running around running away. … Nothing makes sense here,\u201d said area resident Roy Hawlow, who like many, keeps stopping by the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel sorry for (the family.) I wish I could help them even when we can\u2019t do nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown has said that the house is owned by an \u201cabsentee landlord,\u201d whom he said submitted a building permit application to create a second unit in the basement in 2019 but failed to request an inspection for completed work.<\/p>\n

\"\"Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, left, looks on as Brampton fire Chief Andy Glynn speaks to media at the scene of a fatal residential overnight fire in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sammy Kogan Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown, left, looks on as Brampton fire Chief Andy Glynn speaks to media at the scene of a fatal residential overnight fire in Brampton, Ont., on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Sammy Kogan (Sammy Kogan) Investigation continues<\/p>\n

The investigation continues and officials have not said what caused this fatal fire.<\/p>\n

Peel Regional Police, Brampton Fire and Emergency Service, and the Office for the Fire Marshal will be providing an update on the investigation on Monday at noon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Beth Macdonell reports the latest on a deadly house fire in Brampton, Ont., late last week, and the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":302799,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-302798","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-apple-news","9":"tag-ca","10":"tag-canada","11":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302798"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302798\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/302799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302798"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302798"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}