Three children are among five killed as one adult remains unaccounted for after a horror house fire in west London, police confirmed.
The blaze took hold in Channel Close, Hounslow at 10.26pm Sunday night, and on Monday morning the fire service confirmed there had been a number of fatalities.
Three children, their mother Seema Ratra and another adult houseguest from the same family are all feared dead.
The father Aroen Kishen is believed to have escaped the home and was seen by neighbours screaming “my kids, my kids” after the fire.
Devastated cousins of the victims held back tears and were too traumatised to speak the morning after the deadly blaze.
Police told a press conference this afternoon: “We believe that three of those who died are children and there is at least one other person, an adult, who remains unaccounted for.”
They added that they have an “open mind as to the cause of the fire” as he asked the public not to add to speculation.
