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<\/p>\nA FEARLESS dad rushed into his burning home in a desperate bid to save his three children – including a baby – who died in a blaze alongside their mum.<\/p>\n
Seema Ratra, 47, died after flames -believed to have been started by Diwali celebration fireworks – "engulfed" the Hounslow, West London, home.<\/p>\n
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One adult house guest also died and another is missing, while the kids\u2019 father is in hospital with life-threatening injuries. <\/p>\n
Neighbours said dad Aroen Kishen, 40, was outside and bravely tried to rush in to rescue his small children. <\/p>\n
But they died with mum Seema, 47, and the visitor on Sunday night in Hounslow, West London. <\/p>\n
The family had been celebrating the Hindu festival of lights at home before the blaze broke out.<\/p>\n
Neighbours had earlier seen them setting off fireworks in the garden. <\/p>\n During Diwali, it is customary to light candles and launch fireworks to symbolise the victory of good over evil and light over darkness.<\/p>\n A neighbour said: \u201cI saw them in the garden playing with fireworks and 20 minutes later all I saw was fire.<\/p>\n \u201cI saw the dad outside screaming, \u2018My kids! My kids!\u2019 \u2014 he was trying to break into the front door. <\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n \u201cI stopped him from going inside and about five minutes later the fire brigade were here.\u201d Firefighters discovered the bodies on the first floor.<\/p>\n Last night, Aroen\u2019s brotherin-law Dileep Singh, 54, told The Sun: \u201cWe have no idea how he can go on after something like this.\u201d<\/p>\n Police were keeping an \u201copen mind\u201d on the cause.<\/p>\n Speaking at a press conference at the scene, Chief Superintendent Sean Wilson, when asked if he could rule out fireworks as a possible cause of the fatal blaze, said: "At this stage, this is being investigated both by ourselves and specialist fire officers.<\/p>\n "I am not ruling anything out, I don't think we are in a position to do that.<\/p>\n "We keep an open mind, it is such an early stage and there is an awful lot of work to be done."<\/p>\n Nick Marbrow, who lives on Sutton Road, with a view towards the burned-out house from his home, said he noticed an "unusual amount of smoke" on Sunday evening.<\/p>\n He said: "When I went to bed last night, I could see a lot of smoke.<\/p>\n "I could see an unusual amount of smoke, but then it is Diwali, there were fireworks going off.<\/p>\n "It's very unusual for this area, it's safe around here."<\/p>\n Ashish Sosniah, who was passing the street on his way to temple, said: "There were lots of fireworks going off for Diwali. I could see white smoke."<\/p>\n Mr Sosniah said that when he next passed at around 11.30pm there were emergency services at the scene.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/newspress-collage-24725887-1699907938515.jpg\")
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