Three Generations Of A Family Killed In A Tragic House Fire
Three generations of the same family, including a newborn baby girl and her two young brothers, have died in a devastating house fire in Sheffield.
By Sadho Ram — 29 Apr 2014, 07:25 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
On 28 April 2014, five people spanning three generations of a Pakistani-origin family were killed in a house fire in UK
Five people spanning three generations of an ethnic Pakistani family, including a nine-week-old baby girl and two other children, were killed on Monday in a house fire in Britain.
One of the relative Ishfaq Kayani said the deaths at Wake Road, Sharrow, in Sheffield, were a "tragedy beyond imagination"
The victims were his cousin Shabbina Begum, 54, her daughter Anum Parwaiz Kayani, 20, Adhyan Parwaiz Kayani and Amaan Parwaiz Kayani, aged nine and seven, and their baby sister.
Kayani said of the children: "They were full of life, quite bubbly, very energetic. They were looking forward to attending school.”
, family cousin and spokesman at Wake Road, Sheffield where five people, including three young children, have died
Image via independent.co.ukDescribing their mother as being "in a state of shock”, he said: “She's beyond consoling, really. I just hope and pray that they recover from this tragedy. The grandmother of the children, she made attempts to rescue the children but obviously it wasn't to be. She came out then went back in, tried her level best. Frantic attempts were made to rescue the children."
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According to neighbours, the children's grandmother died after running back into the blazing house to try and rescue the young victims
"It's just a huge tragedy. Words cannot describe how sad this is," Ishfaq Hussain Kayani said. He said of Ms Begum: "She was, to my children, like a mother, like an aunt. The whole community is in huge shock.
Abdul Kayum, from the nearby Wolseley Road mosque, knows the victims of the fire and said there were "no words" to describe the grief the family was going through
People living near the scene of the fire were "absolutely devastated", he added. Vicky Edwards, who lives in Wake Road, said: "It's a shock, of course it's a shock.
"I got up and saw the police tape and thought 'what is that about?' but it was only when I came outside and saw the police officers I realised it was something serious. It's a really nice neighbourhood, the sort of place where kids play outside."
Another neighbour, who asked to remain anonymous, said: "We were asleep, we did not hear anything or see anything. "We know the family. It's such a tragedy, it's the saddest thing you can hear."
A faulty electrical appliance in the kitchen is thought to be the likely cause of the blaze. The family were asleep when they were woken by a smoke alarm.
Seven-year-old Amaan Parwaiz Kayani (left) and his brother Adyhan, nine, with their father Nazim
Image via express.co.ukThe blaze took hold so quickly they did not all have time to escape before being overcome by acrid fumes. The children’s father, a taxi driver, was working when the fire broke out. He raced home to find paramedics trying to revive the five victims.
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Neighbour Quasim Saddiqie said: “I heard screaming and shouting. By the time the dad got there the firefighters had carried the bodies from the house. The parents wanted to get towards them but they were held back by the police.”
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South Yorkshire Fire Service issued a statement shortly after about the house fire:
Wake Road, lined with cars on each side, was cordoned off by police tape this morning
Image via itv.com"Five people have sadly died following a serious house fire on Wake Road, Sharrow, Sheffield. The people who died are believed to be two adult females and three young children. Four fire engines- from Central, Rivelin, Lowedges and Mansfield Road stations- plus an aerial ladder platform dealt with the incident alongside the police and ambulance services, after a 999 call was received at around 12.15am. An investigation has commenced, involving police and fire officers, to establish the cause of the fire." – SOUTH YORKSHIRE FIRE SERVICE.