Halifax Walmart reveals what it will do with oven where worker, 19, baked to death

The Canadian Walmart store where Gursimran Kaur, 19, was baked to death in a walk-in oven has decided to throw out the industrial-grade appliance.

Kaur, had emigrated from India to Canada with her mother around three years ago and the duo soon began to work at the store in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

On October 19, her mother noticed her missing from the shop floor for over an hour , with her phone unusually turned off and unreachable. It was then that a colleague in the bakery section pointed out a 'leakage' from inside the walk-in oven.

By the time emergency responders arrived at the scene, Kaur had died inside the appliance after her mother found her charred remains .

While investigation continues, the store was given an all-clear to reopen less than a month after the tragedy occurred.

As it prepares to open doors again, the Halifax store has confirmed that it will be removing its walk-in oven from the premises.

Amanda Moss, a Walmart spokesperson told the National Post : 'This is an extremely sad and difficult situation.

'Removing the oven had always been part of the standard remodel program we are implementing across the country.

'Now that the stop-work order has been lifted by the Department of Labor, the oven will be removed from this store and will no longer be used.'

The company has not disclosed its reopening date. 'Our store remains closed until further notice,' Moss said.

Halifax Regional Police have not yet revealed any information on how Kaur ended up locked inside the oven or whether the incident was an accident.

'What I can tell you at this point is that the investigation is still open, and our investigators are still working diligently on this matter.

'At the moment, we do not have any further updates or details to provide the public,' Constable Martin Cromwell told the outlet.

The investigation into Kaur's death remains underway. A disturbing revelation came to light only last week after sources told CBC News that the appliance within the Halifax store 'did not lock.'

A series of TikTok videos have been circulating online showing Walmart employees demonstrating stepping inside other Walmart ovens and using the emergency release from inside.

'This door does not close by itself... It doesn't latch. It's designed not to do that. You have to push it, hear the click,' one employee said in a video.

She commented later that she wasn't trying to 'theorize or form a conspiracy', but that the tragic situation was 'hard to wrap my head around' when Walmart's bakery ovens 'are so safe to use.'

Officials are urging the public to resist speculation until the investigation is completed. The exact model of the oven has not been revealed.

Both Kaur and her mother were members of the Maritime Sikh Society who set up a Go Fund Me to help the family's 'unimaginable and indescribable' bereavement.

The fundraiser said that Kaur's father and brother remained in India and the money was being used to bring them to Canada.

They were able to successfully raise $194,449 and have begun 'the process of distributing the funds to the family.'