Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
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Crime & Law
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A devastating fire that killed two sisters almost three years ago was caused by candles in the flat below, an official report has determined.
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report → kill → flat
Shikshya Subedi, 24, and her 28-year-old sister Aanchal Subedi lost their lives when flames tore through an apartment block in Aberdeen on January 29, 2024.
The blaze was started by candles which ignited a mattress in a lower flat bedroom, according to a Scottish Fire and Rescue Service incident report.
It also detailed how a lithium battery caused the fire to spread rapidly.
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fire → lose → report
The fatal fire broke out shortly before 6pm with crews battling the blaze for around three hours.
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crews → break → hours
The sisters were already dead when firefighters reached them.
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firefighters → reach → them
A joint police and fire investigation found there were no suspicious circumstances.
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investigation → find → ?
Sisters Shikshya and Aanchal Subedi lost their lives after a fire tore through their flat in 2024
The fire started after candles ignited a mattress in a flat below the Subedi sisters'
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candles → lose → sisters
The fire injured five others and a baby from a neighbouring flat was safely evacuated and taken to hospital as a precaution before being discharged the following day.
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baby → injure → precaution
The sisters were originally from Nepal but moved to Aberdeen when they were children.
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they → move → Aberdeen
Speaking to the BBC older sibling Susan, 35, said: ‘To say we are devastated doesn’t come close to describing how we feel.
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we → speak → BBC
It’s very hard to describe how losing Shikshya and Aanchal has affected our family.
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Shikshya → ’ → family
‘They were only in their 20s, they had everything in life to look forward to but that’s been taken away from them and us.’
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that → look → them
An online fundraiser in support of their family raised thousands of pounds.
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fundraiser → raise → pounds
Last month, the family asked legal firm Digby Brown to find the truth.
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family → ask → truth
The firm said it would look for ‘all available evidence to help the Subedi family in their pursuit for answers’.
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it → say → answers
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service said it was sent reports of the deaths at the time.
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it → say → time
A spokesman added: ‘Following a thorough investigation the procurator fiscal concluded that no further action was required.’
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action → add → investigation
Following the tragedy, Aberdeen Grammar School remembered former pupil Shikshya as ‘a hardworking, focused and dedicated student who was very well liked’.
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who → follow → student
The fatal fire broke out shortly before 6pm with crews battling the blaze for around three hours.
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crews → break → hours
A baby from a neighbouring flat was safely evacuated and taken to hospital as a precaution before being discharged the following day.
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baby → neighbour → precaution
Following the tragedy, Aberdeen Grammar School remembered former pupil Shikshya as ‘a hardworking, focused and dedicated student who was very well-liked’.
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who → follow → student
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