Mother and three children who died in Stonebridge house fire named by police
The four people who died following a house fire in Brent, north west London, have been named by the Metropolitan Police as a woman and her three children.
They were Nusrat Usman, 43, Maryam Mikaiel, 15, Musa Usman, eight and Raees Usman, four, and they were killed in the fire in Tillett Close, Stonebridge at 1.22am on Saturday.
A woman in her 70s was taken to the hospital but has since been released, and a 13-year-old girl remains in the hospital in critical condition.
A 41-year-old man was arrested at the scene in connection with the incident.
He has since been bailed and was subsequently detained under the Mental Health Act.
The family's next-of-kin have been informed, the force added.
The woman and a child were rescued from the second floor of one property by fire crews and immediately received emergency care. Both were sadly declared dead at the scene.
Two more children were found inside the property as fire crews searched the homes. They were both declared dead at the scene.
The flames swept through two terraced homes at 1.22am on Saturday, leaving the family severely damaged.
Two other people were taken to the hospital by the London Ambulance Service, and their condition is unknown.
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