Last update:October 26, 2024, 12:19 p.m. IST

Gursimran Kaur and her mother had worked at the Walmart store for two years before the accident.

The incident took place on October 19. (Photo credits:

A fundraising campaign for Gursimran Kaur, a 19-year-old Walmart employee who died trapped in a walk-in oven at one of the supermarket chain’s outlets in Canada, has raised more than Rs 1 crore. The GoFundMe campaign for Gursimran’s family was organized by the Maritime Sikh Society. The fundraiser initially stood at CAD 50,000 (over Rs 60.78 lakh), which was completed within hours of the launch. However, thanks to overwhelming support, the fundraising campaign almost doubled its originally set goal.

Gursimran worked at a Walmart store in Halifax, Canada, with his mother. According to the GoFundMe page, when Gursimran’s mother couldn’t find her on the ground on October 19, she became concerned and asked officials for help. Unfortunately, she discovered her daughter’s lifeless body, burned alive in the bakery oven.

“The female, who was an employee of the store, was found in a large walk-in oven belonging to the store’s baking department,” Halifax Regional Police said in a news release.

“It is important to note that the investigation has not yet reached the point where the cause and manner of death can be determined,” police added.

The cause and circumstances of death have yet to be discovered.

Gursimran Kaur and her mother had worked at the Walmart store in question for two years before the accident. They left India to settle in Canada almost three years ago. Gursimran’s father and brother are back in India and the Sikh society is currently trying to help the family immigrate “as soon as possible”.

A Walmart spokesperson told Fortune that the store where Gursimran worked had been temporarily closed, with management fully cooperating with the investigation.

Balbir Singh of the Maritime Sikh Society, who has been in contact with Gursimran’s mother, told CBC that the local community is saddened by the loss and urged local police investigators to keep the community informed of the loss. investigation.