Port Colborne, Ont., fire victims died of smoke inhalation: Police
PORT COLBORNE, Ont. — Police say four members of a family killed in a house fire in Port Colborne, Ont., last week all died of smoke inhalation.
Thirty-seven-year-old Tammy Burd, her children, 15-year-old old Samantha Zuvic and two-year-old Joshua Zuvic, and her grandmother Eva Burd, died after a fire broke out in their home.
Niagara Regional Police say autopsies for the four took place on Tuesday in Hamilton.
The blaze broke out early last Wednesday, with the family’s two-storey home fully engulfed in flames by the time firefighters arrived.


