IT has now been nine weeks since Iram Shafiq, 21, and her family were among 67 local residents who were evacuated as the fire took hold.

Iram, her mother Rifat, 43, her brothers Amir, 23, and Kasim, 11, and her sister Rima, 17, had to leave their home in Garnethill in the early hours of June 16, in just the clothes they were wearing.

Both Kasim and Rima are autistic. Rima also suffers from severe epilepsy, and is both non-verbal and incontinent.

Despite these severe medical problems, Iram claims they have had little or no direct support from the local authority since they had to leave their Dalhousie Street flat.

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After being evacuated on the night of the blaze, the family have not been allowed to return to pick up valuable or personal possessions like nappies, a comforter or medication.

The family have been in four different locations since they were forced to leave their home, making it difficult for Rima to adjust.

Iram explains: “Since we were evacuated Rima has been having seizures every day and we have to call an ambulance early in the mornings. She wakes up and has a seizure. She has been in and out of hospital. She’s lost all the familiar things and the routine she needs. At home we have an epilepsy monitor and a special mattress for her.

“The fire was a few days before the summer holidays began so I went to work as usual and Kasim and Rima went to school. The school has been very supportive and has provided us with everyday essentials and money donated by my colleagues and the parent council.

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Rima’s existing support services and social worker helped provide for us and increased Rima’s days at the centre she attends.”

After staying in a two-bedroom apartment, where the family were forced to share beds and sleep on the couch, they have now been placed in apartments on Bath Street.

Iram adds: “We have been told we can stay here until September 1 but we don’t know what’s going to happen after that.

“Since the start we have been begging the council just to let us into our flat for even 10 minutes. Being allowed in would make a huge difference to us.

“We know where everything is kept, Rima’s medicine, our documents, her comforter. My mum has lupus and kidney disease. There have been so many medicines that we’ve had to get from scratch.

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“We can’t even pick up our post. It’s all going to the Baird Street Sorting Office but we can’t collect it without ID and all our ID is in the flat.

“All that we’ve heard from Glasgow City Council is that we will be arrested if we try to go home. We have had no texts, no Facebook messages, no personal contact and the only people organising any meetings is the Garnethill Displaced Residents’ Group.

“We have had a bill from Orbis. The council’s only response to all this is that they will get Orbis to put a hold on the bills. Not cancel them, put a hold on them.

“Rima knows our home is just down the road and she keeps pointing at it. She doesn’t understand why we can’t go back and neither can I.”