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Burial service for 7 siblings killed in US fire

(23 Mar 2015) Seven Jewish siblings who were killed in a New York house fire over the weekend were laid to rest on Monday after being flown to Jerusalem for burial. Dozens of mourners, including the Chief Rabbi of Israel, attended the emotional service, which was repeatedly interrupted by anguished cries. The bodies of the Sassoon siblings, aged five to 16, were flown to Israel overnight from New York and whisked away to Jerusalem in a convoy escorted by police. Wrapped in shrouds, the bodies were displayed on stretchers for a memorial service, ahead of burial in Jerusalem's main cemetery. Israeli media have said the family lived in Jerusalem before moving to New York two years ago. Investigators believe the fire was caused when a hot plate, left on for the Jewish Sabbath, malfunctioned, setting off flames that incinerated the stairs of their home, trapping the children in their second-floor bedrooms as they slept. The blaze killed three girls and four boys. Both the mother and a daughter - Gayle Sassoon and 14-year-old Siporah Sassoon - remain in critical condition. The tragedy has caused some Jews to reconsider the practice of keeping hot plates on for the Sabbath, a common modern method of obeying tradition prohibiting the use of fire on the holy day. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...