Bolton house fire: Girl, 5, among victims

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The youngest of three children who died with their mother in a house fire was five-years-old, it has emerged.
The "intense" blaze broke out at Rosamond Street, Bolton, after 09:00 BST on Saturday.
The victims were named locally as five-year-old Khadija Umerji, her two brothers Yusuf, 10, and Hammad, 12, and their mother Anisha Umerji, 40.
Their father, named locally as Zubair Umerji, is being treated for injuries after he jumped from the first floor.
Bolton-born boxer Amir Khan retweeted the Bolton Council of Mosques, which said the family had died in the fire, and added: "Very sad news from my home town- RIP Umerji family."
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Senior firefighter Tony Hunter, from Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue, said the man had jumped "straight through the window on to concrete".
"He got up and then was smashing his hands through the glass of the ground floor window.
"He was absolutely distraught, screaming [that] his wife and children were in there."
Mr Hunter said the mother and children were found on the first floor. They were given CPR but one of the children was pronounced dead at the scene, and the others died later in hospital.
He added: "It was a very intense fire - the plaster had come off the walls. That was on the ground floor so you can imagine what it was like on the first floor."
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Greater Manchester Police said it was currently not treating the fire as suspicious.
The force has launched a joint investigation with the fire service into the cause of the blaze.
One eyewitness, who asked not to be named, said: "I saw the grandmother of the kids crying once it was known they were dead."
Bolton South East MP Yasmin Qureshi said: "I'm shocked and saddened by the fatal fire in Daubhill today. My thoughts and prayers are with the relatives, friends and neighbours."

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