Five family members including kids killed in house fire 'started by firework'

Three children were among five members of the same family killed in a house fire feared to have been sparked by a Diwali firework.

Neighbours told of harrowing scenes as a man, believed to be Aroen Kishen, the father of the children, screamed, “My children, my children” outside the burning house on Sunday night. He and his wife Seema are believed to have been inside the house when the fire broke out. Ten fire engines and 70 firefighters were sent to the house in Hounslow, West London, at 10.26pm. Neighbour Felicia Matei, 29, said: “We saw the man who lived there with his wife and children. My daughter used to play with his daughter. He was screaming, ‘My kids, my kids’.

The family's home in west London (Humphrey Nemar)

Emergency services at the scene take pictures of a firework (Tony Kershaw / SWNS)