Mother and five children buried in Syria after deadly container fire
A mother along with her four other daughters died when a shipping container caught fire near the Turkish-Syrian border, prompting authorities to exhume their remains for burial back home due to extreme heat and lack of local facilities in Syria's hot climate where they were initially interred under soil by relatives; investigators are currently examining whether charcoal grills or similar devices caused the blaze that claimed all six lives.
Key Points
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1A mother and five children died in a container fire that occurred near Antalya.
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2The bodies of the deceased were buried under soil before being repatriated for burial.
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A mother and five children died in a container fire; their bodies will be buried under soil.
— (Cnnturk)The dead woman with her 5 sons are to have the last rites performed here, but they cannot bury them because of religious reasons. They must go back home (to Syria) and there is a funeral ceremony for their bodies in Turkey first before being buried.
— (Halktv.com.tr)'A grill' was found under which 6 people died; the cause will be investigated to determine if it involved arson or accidental ignition by gas leakage during unloading of containers at an Antalya port warehouse, with a preliminary suspicion that someone may have set fire.
— (I12.haber7.net)'A grill' was found under which 6 people died; the cause will be investigated to determine if it involved arson or accidental ignition by gas leakage during unloading of containers at an Antalya port warehouse, with a preliminary suspicion that someone may have set fire.
— (Milliyet.com.tr)'A grill' was found under which 6 people died; the cause will be investigated to determine if it involved arson or accidental ignition by gas leakage during unloading of containers at an Antalya port warehouse, with a preliminary suspicion that someone may have set fire.
— (Mynet)