FAMILY RIPPED APART
Hounslow fire: Tragedy as mum, 47, and three children including baby die in devastating blaze that ripped through home
Chilling screams heard as flames took hold in just 'eight seconds'
A MUM and her three children including a baby are among five family members killed when a fire ripped through a home.
Seema Ratra, 47, died in the blaze on Sunday after flames "engulfed" the property in Hounslow, West London, in just "eight seconds".
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Her three children including her baby sadly also died in inferno, a family member told The Sun.
Screams of "get my son out" were heard as the fire took hold at the home on Channel Close, .
One man managed to flee and was taken to hospital as around 70 firefighters arrived from 10.26pm.
Ten engines helped tackle the blaze as firefighters charged into the building wearing breathing apparatus.
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They found five people on the first floor of the building but they were all tragically pronounced dead at the scene.
One person is still unaccounted for.
A desperate family member told how six of his relatives are feared dead after a blaze at a home in Hounslow.
Dileep Singh, 54, raced from Manchester to Channel Close where his brother in law was at home with his wife three children and two adult guests.
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He said: “I received a call and came as soon as I could with my wife we are desperate for information.
"My brother in law is alive but I don’t know what has happened to everyone else. I fear they are dead.
“We are desperate. I was told the fire came from outside from a bin. We are going to the hospital to try to get more information.”
One neighbour, who does not know the family, said he was lying in bed when his daughter said 'Mummy there is a fire, it looks big'.
He added: "We heard a guy screaming 'get my son out, get my son out'. The flames started getting bigger after literally seconds.
"Flames were coming out eight, nine, ten feet from the house brushing out from both sides. Like an explosion, huge flames.
"It's gone through the house, coming out the back. The whole house was engulfed in eight or nine seconds, it was that quick."
The Metropolitan Police have launched an investigation into the fire.
When asked if the blaze could have been caused by fireworks, officers replied they are not ruling anything out at this stage.
London Fire Commissioner Andy Roe offered his condolences following the tragedy.
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He said: “This is a terribly sad incident and the thoughts of all of us at London Fire Brigade are with the family, friends and all those affected at this difficult time."
Chief Superintendent Sean Wilson said: “My thoughts are with the loved ones of those who very sadly lost their lives in this tragic incident."
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