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SURVEILLANCE video has caught a creepy masked trio that are sought after in a Denver house fire that killed five people, including a toddler and an infant.

, 29, Adja Diol, 23, and their two-year-old daughter Khadija, on August 5 as well as Djibril's sister, Hassan Diol, 25, and her infant daughter, Hawa Baye, reported.

The trio was wearing full face masks
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The trio was wearing full face masksCredit: Metro Denver Crime Stoppers
The individuals fled the area in a dark colored 4-door sedan
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The individuals fled the area in a dark colored 4-door sedanCredit: Metro Denver Crime Stoppers

Earlier this month, Chief of the Denver Police Department's investigation division Joe Montoya said: "We have indication through some evidence that it was ."

Now, the have released a surveillance photo of three people in full face masks that are suspected of starting the fire.

"The fire appeared to be deliberately set by three unknown individuals wearing dark hoodies and full-face masks who fled the area in a dark colored 4-door sedan," the police wrote in a statement asking for help identifying the trio.

Diol and his family had reportedly moved to the  from  and had been living in for only a few months.

The house set alight on August 5
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The house set alight on August 5Credit: 9news.com

"I know his family had recently come over [from Senegal]. They got here right before everything got crazy with the  thing," Diol's coworker, Daniel Straley told .

"We were all happy for him for that. But, they'd only been here a couple months and they’re dead. I don't understand it. There's nothing anybody can say or do to make it make sense.

"All of us that worked with him hold him in such high regard. His life just can't be forgotten," he said.

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