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The community is in shock at the deaths of a mother and her four children. A father is praying by the hospital bedside of his fifth child as the police share more on another fire.

The town of Harlow is in shock after a house fire left Dr Sabah Usmani and her four children dead.

A fifth child is on life support in hospital. The father, Abdul Shakoor, is by his daughter's bedside praying for her to pull through.

As the community in Essex tries to come to terms with what’s happened, detectives reveal the Shakoor's home wasn’t the only fire in the street that night and the search for answers begins.

Written and produced by Gabby Colenso
Presenter: Sonia Watson
Sound Design: John Cameron-McIntosh
Story Consultants: Barney Rowntree and Ben Robinson
Online Producer: Rachael Smith
Series Editor: Shahid Hussain
Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin

A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Essex production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Sounds.

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