Harlow House Fire Survivor Dr Abdul Shakoor Leaves Hospital

Harlow House Fire Survivor Leaves Hospital
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Dr Abdul Shakoor who lost his wife and five children in a house fire in Harlow has been discharged from hospital.

He was being treated at Broomfield Hospital in Chelmsford for minor injuries sustained as he fought to rescue his family from the blaze at their end-of-terrace house in Harlow, Essex.

He lost his wife Sabah Usmani and children Hira, 12, Sohaib, 11, Muneeb, nine, Rayyan, six, and Maheen, three, in the tragedy. After the fire he was described as "inconsolable".

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Sabah Usmani and her sons Sohaib, 13, and Rayyan, six, as well as 11-year-old daughter Hira, died in their end-of-terrace house in Barn Mead, Harlow, Essex, at about 1am on Monday. Maheen died on Thursday

A spokesman for Mid Essex Hospital Services NHS Trust said: "I can confirm that Dr Shakoor has been discharged from the St Andrews Centre for plastic surgery and burns at Broomfield Hospital."

The spokesman said Dr Shakoor had been released late on Friday.

Dr Shakoor was transferred from Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, where he works, to Broomfield Hospital to be closer to Maheen as she fought for her life, but the three-year-old died of her injuries on Thursday.

Dr Usmani and her four eldest children all died on Monday shortly after the fire.

Essex Police initially treated the blaze as a suspected arson attack but no trace of an accelerant used to spark the flames has been found.

Although officers continue to investigate all possibilities it is now thought "increasingly likely" the fire was a tragic accident.