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| Harlow fire: girl, three, dies in hospital | Harlow fire: girl, three, dies in hospital |
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| A three-year-old girl who was fighting for her life after a house fire that killed her mother and four siblings has died. | A three-year-old girl who was fighting for her life after a house fire that killed her mother and four siblings has died. |
| Maheen Shakoor had been in a critical condition in the burns units at Broomfield hospital in Chelmsford since being transferred there after the blaze in Harlow, Essex. | Maheen Shakoor had been in a critical condition in the burns units at Broomfield hospital in Chelmsford since being transferred there after the blaze in Harlow, Essex. |
| Her mother, Sabah Usmani, brothers Sohaib, 11, Muneeb, nine, and Rayyan, six, and 12-year-old sister Hira died in their end-of-terrace house in Barn Mead in the early hours of Monday. | Her mother, Sabah Usmani, brothers Sohaib, 11, Muneeb, nine, and Rayyan, six, and 12-year-old sister Hira died in their end-of-terrace house in Barn Mead in the early hours of Monday. |
| Maheen's father, Abdul Shakoor, suffered minor injuries as he fought to rescue his family from the blaze. | Maheen's father, Abdul Shakoor, suffered minor injuries as he fought to rescue his family from the blaze. |
| A spokesman for the Princess Alexandra hospital, where Dr Shakoor works and where Maheen was initially taken, said: "None of us can come close to understanding his suffering and the terrible loss of Maheen, Rayyan, Muneeb, Sohaib, Hira and his wife, Sabah." | A spokesman for the Princess Alexandra hospital, where Dr Shakoor works and where Maheen was initially taken, said: "None of us can come close to understanding his suffering and the terrible loss of Maheen, Rayyan, Muneeb, Sohaib, Hira and his wife, Sabah." |
| The statement continued: "On behalf of all our staff at Princess Alexandra hospital, we extend our deepest sympathy to Dr Shakoor. All of us have been saddened by this tragedy and as a close-knit hospital community, many of us knew Dr Shakoor and have been overwhelmed by what has happened. | The statement continued: "On behalf of all our staff at Princess Alexandra hospital, we extend our deepest sympathy to Dr Shakoor. All of us have been saddened by this tragedy and as a close-knit hospital community, many of us knew Dr Shakoor and have been overwhelmed by what has happened. |
| "Our book of condolence, which is available for staff to sign in our hospital, is being filled with the most heartfelt and genuine messages which are truly humbling. Our thoughts and our prayers are with our dear friend and colleague." | "Our book of condolence, which is available for staff to sign in our hospital, is being filled with the most heartfelt and genuine messages which are truly humbling. Our thoughts and our prayers are with our dear friend and colleague." |
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