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Blaze girl still in critical condition

A three-year-old girl remains in a critical condition after a suspected arson attack that killed her mother and four siblings.

Maheen Shakoor was critical but stable in a burns unit at Broomfield Hospital, Chelmsford, Essex, where she was taken after the attack on her end-of-terrace home in Barn Mead, Harlow.

Her father, Dr Abdul Shakoor, was the only other survivor. He suffered smoke inhalation and shock.

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