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Burns father still critically ill Father of house fire family dies
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The father of four girls who were killed when their Lancashire home was deliberately set on fire remains in a critical condition in hospital. The father of four girls who were killed when their home was deliberately set on fire has died in hospital.
Mohammed Riaz is undergoing treatment for burns at a specialist unit at Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester. Mohammed Riaz suffered severe burns in the blaze which killed his wife Caneze, 39, and daughters Sayrah, 16, Sophia, 15, Alicia, 10, and Hannah, three.
His wife Caneze, 39, and daughters Sayrah, 16, Sophia, 15, Alicia, 10, and Hannah, three, died of smoke inhalation at their Accrington home on Wednesday. Lancashire police said Mr Riaz, 49, died at Wythenshawe Hospital on Friday. Detectives had named him as their "top line of inquiry" in the murder hunt.
Detectives are investigating whether the couple were having marital issues. Accelerants were used to start the fire at the Accrington home on Wednesday.
Mr Riaz, who is believed to work at a plastics factory in Blackburn, has been named as the "top line of inquiry" in the murder investigation and police are waiting to speak to him. Police had said the doors and windows were locked from the inside and whoever started the fire had not left the Trevellen Street house afterwards.
Mrs Riaz and her four daughters were already dead in bed when fire crews broke into their home in Tremellen Street in the early hours of Wednesday. Mrs Riaz and the four girls died from smoke inhalation in their beds.
We are now investigating a line of inquiry that there has been a breakdown in the relationship between Caneze and Mohammed Riaz Det Supt Mick Gradwell Mrs Riaz and her daughters died in their beds from smoke inhalation
Mr Riaz was also pulled from the house by firefighters and was resuscitated before being rushed to Wythenshawe Hospital where he is reportedly being treated for 50% burns to his body. Mr Riaz was pulled from the house by firefighters and was resuscitated before being taken to Wythenshawe Hospital. He suffered about 50% burns to his body.
Forensic examinations of the house revealed that whoever started the blaze did not leave the house. A Lancashire police spokesman said: "An investigation into the cause of the fire will continue, although all lines of Inquiry would indicate that it was contained within the house.
Accelerants were used to start several seats of fire and all of the windows and doors were locked from the inside. "Police are not looking for anyone else in connection with their investigation."
On Thursday, Lancashire Police revealed they were examining the possibility that Mrs Riaz, described as a "pillar of the community" may have grown apart from her husband.
Police revealed whoever set the fire did not leave the house
Det Supt Mick Gradwell, leading the inquiry, said: "We are now investigating a line of inquiry that there has been a breakdown in the relationship between Caneze and Mohammed Riaz."
Special assemblies have been held at Hyndburn Park Primary School, where Alicia was a pupil, and at Accrington Moorhead Sports College where her two elder sisters studied.Special assemblies have been held at Hyndburn Park Primary School, where Alicia was a pupil, and at Accrington Moorhead Sports College where her two elder sisters studied.
Mourners have laid dozens of floral tributes outside the house where the four girls and their mother lost their livesMourners have laid dozens of floral tributes outside the house where the four girls and their mother lost their lives
A book of condolence has been opened for the family at Accrington town hall.A book of condolence has been opened for the family at Accrington town hall.