Two women and three children dead after Sheffield fire
Two women and three children have been killed after a house fire in Sheffield. Police and fire officers have begun an investigation into the blaze in the Sharrow area of the city.
Mother 'beyond consoling' after children die in fire
The mother of three children who died in a house fire in Sheffield was "beyond consoling" and in a state of shock after she surviving the blaze, a relative has said.
Ishfaq Hussain Kayani, the cousin of the 54-year-old grandmother who died in the blaze, said Razia Nazim Kayani "managed to escape".
"The grandmother of the children, she made attempts to rescue the children but obviously it wasn't to be," he added.
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