A seven-year-old who died in a fire started by charger which also killed four members of his family was found dead hiding under his bunk bed, an inquest heard today.
The Schoolboy, Amaan Parwaiz Kayani was found hiding from the "ferocious" flames which also tragically killed his nine-week-old sister Minahil, nine-year-old brother Adyan, 53-year-old grandmother Shabina Begum, and 20-year-old aunt Anum Parwaiz.
The house fire in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, was sparked by a phone charger plug in April last year, which ignited shortly after the family went to bed.
Fire officers described the blaze as "ferocious" and the "most difficult" they worked in with temperatures "in excess of 1,000 degrees celcius", adding it was the biggest loss of life in a fatal fire for six years.
Family member Sadaf Parwaiz, whose phone was on charge, had spotted flames sparking by the electric sockets in the living room as she went downstairs to retreive her phone.
She said:
"I saw a sparkle at first near the sofa where the electrical things were.
"At first I didn't think it was a fire, I thought it was a toy flashing."
Sadaf said she tried to extinguish the flames with a cushion, then called her mum Shabina Begum for help when it failed to work.
"She tried to put it out with her own hands then went to the kitchen to get some water, but I didn't see where she threw it."
The inquest in Sheffield heard how Shabina Begum then unlocked the door before running upstairs to fetch the children.
Coroner Chris Dorries said:
"Your mum had an opportunity to escape from the house but she was very brave, wasn't she?"
Sadaf added:
"Yes. The fire was producing a lot of smoke. It got to the electric equipment and caused an explosion then all the lights went out."
The hearing heard how seven-year-old Amaan was found under a bunk bed in his attic room by fire crews who battled zero visibilty climbing the flame-engulfed stairs.
- UK Mirror.
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