Raven Alisha Ali-O’Dea was a rebellious teenager, she explained, but she had transformed into an adult, responsible woman. “(I said)” Raven, you know, I’m so proud of you, for the way you changed your life. “ “Her cheeks were both pink. He says “Dad, you make me blush”, because I usually do not just make compliments. “I’m so glad I told her,” Felipa recalled with a trembling voice. Those were his last words to her. Ali-O’Dea, 29, her husband Nazir Ali, 28, and their children – seven-year-old Layla Rose Ali-O’Dea, eight-year-old Jayden Prince Ali-O’Dea and 10-year-old Alia Marilyn Ali- O’Dea – died early Monday morning after a fire hit their home in Brampton, Aude. The fatal fire occurred in this house on Sutter Avenue in Brampton on March 28, 2022. (Paul Smith / CBC)
Felipa’s ex-wife and Raven Alisha Ali-O’Dea’s mother, Bonnie O’Dea, who lived with the family, was taken to a trauma center in critical condition. Two occupants who lived in the basement of the house managed to leave without being injured. Felipa has barely managed to fall asleep since as he tried to figure out what went wrong. “They lived there for six years without any problems,” he said. Felipa said his daughter and son-in-law bought the house last year from the landlord they rented in a theft because the landlord cared for his daughter. He said his father then gave her some money to renovate. Ali-O’Dea and Ali decided to renovate the entire house, hiring a team to replace the floors, the stove, the lights and the paint. The renovation work was completed two months ago. The causes, origin and conditions of the fire are being investigated. Felipa said he wondered if the renovations had anything to do with the fire – did the smoke alarms go off again after the painters took them out? But he said he ended the speculation because he was being “killed”. He is now anxiously awaiting the results of an investigation by the Office of the Marshal of the Fire Department, the Peel District Police and the Brampton Fire and Emergency Service. Felipa said his daughter worked long hours in a landscaping company, starting her day at 4am, working until about noon, picking up children from school in the afternoon and returning to work by 8pm. He said that Ali worked as a delivery guide and that he loved him like his own son, describing him as a loving father.

The parents who died were high school sweethearts

The two of them were high school favorites. They worked hard to give their children the best life they could, Felipa said, often taking them to Niagara Falls, where they enjoyed visiting an indoor water park, buying lots of clothes and toys and always keeping their fridge stocked. he would never be hungry. “They were very, very good with them,” Felipa said. “Whatever they wanted, they had.” Before the pandemic struck, Felipa used to take his grandchildren to Wonderland Canada every year. A few days before the fire, he told Jayden’s grandson that they would be returning this summer to make up for the fact that they had not been able to leave for the previous two years. “It was a ritual,” he said. Felipa said that Jaden was “so happy” with the plan to go to Wonderland again, because the “adventurous” kid who was “full of adrenaline” had grown taller since the last time they went in 2019 and was hoping to ride bigger trains. . He described Layla as an “indifferent” little girl who was “strong” and “determined”. Alia, whose middle name was Marilyn in honor of Felipa’s late daughter, loved to sing and dance. Felipa said that he had a photo of himself with Alia as the wallpaper of his phone for a long time and he does not intend to change it. “I’m so happy that the short life they lived, … lived a good life,” he said. In the wake of the deadly fire, Brabton Fire Chief Bill Boyes is urging residents to make sure they have smoke alarms on, carbon monoxide detectors and a home escape plan. (Paul Smith / CBC)
In the wake of the fire at Ali-O’Dea’s home, Ontario firefighter Jon Pegg and Brampton Fire Chief Bill Boyes advised residents to ensure smoke alarms, carbon monoxide detectors and a carbon house . Boyes said firefighters and firefighters searched homes in the area earlier this week and found that some of them had no functional smoke alarms. “We can not see more people in Ontario and in the town of Brampton getting lost in a fire,” Boyes told reporters outside the burned-out house on Tuesday. “It is completely unacceptable and can be completely prevented.”

Grandpa to become a fire prevention lawyer

Felipa said his goal now is to become a fire prevention advocate, noting that he intends to speak with officials in the Brampton and Ontario governments about enacting a law or measure that would allow firefighters to visit homes at least once. once a year to make sure smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors are working. He also plans to use the money raised through a fundraiser and a May 21 memorial event in Brampton to buy smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors to give to local firefighters to distribute to homeless people. ability. “I do not want anyone, no one to go through what I am going through,” he said in tears. “This is a terrible thing to go through.” A funeral was held for the Ali-O’Dea family on Saturday morning at the Jame Masjid in Mississauga, Ont. It was open to the public. At the cemetery later, Iqbal Wazir, Nazir’s uncle, said family members have been supporting each other all week. “Everyone is very sad. And since Monday, we have been together all the time, consoling each other,” he said. “Our belief and our religion is that they have gone to a better place and they are in paradise and they are at peace now.”