AN appeal has been launched to raise funds to support a man who lost his wife and five children in a house fire.
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust has launched the fund in a bid to help Dr Abdul Shakoor.
Dr Shakoor, who works at the hospital, lost his wife Sabah Usmani and children Hira, 12, Sohaib, 11, Muneeb, nine, Rayyan, six, and Maheen, three, as a result of the blaze at their home in Harlow, Essex, on Monday.
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