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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Melissa Major & Ethan Davies

Tragedy as boy, 5, dies in parents' arms amid onset of rare condition

A five-year-old boy died suddenly following the onset of an epilepsy syndrome. The condition is so rare it affects just one in a million people.

Sam Liew tragically passed away after developing Febrile Infection Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES), believed to be an exceptionally rare reaction to a run of the mill virus such as a cold or flu.

He will be remembered at an organised by his aunt, Rhiannon Jones, the former headteacher of Kirkham and Wesham Primary School, in Lancashire, on Sunday, April 3, LancsLive reports.

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