A three-year-old girl is still in a critical condition and her father "very poorly" after an Essex house fire that killed four children and their mother.
Sabah Usmani, who was a doctor, and her sons Sohaib, 11, and Rayyan, six, and daughter Hira, 13, died at their end-of-terrace home in Harlow on Monday.
A third son, Muneeb, nine, and daughter Maheen, three, were rescued and taken to hospital, where Muneeb later died.
Essex Police said the fire was being treated as suspicious.
On Monday night the children's father, Dr Abdul Shakoor, who had suffered severe smoke inhalation, was transferred from the Princess Alexandra Hospital to Broomfield hospital in Chelmsford to be close to his only surviving daughter.
'Fought hard'End Quote Ch Supt Luke Collinson Essex PoliceNothing is being ruled in, nothing is being ruled out"
It is understood he was inside the house when the blaze started but had escaped by the time firefighters arrived.
He "fought hard" to save his family, police said.
A hospital spokeswoman said Dr Shakoor had thanked staff for their kindness and support.
Essex Fire and Rescue Service said the blaze, which started downstairs while the family were asleep upstairs, had developed rapidly, suggesting some kind of fuel may have been used.
School friends of the four children who died are to be offered counselling, Essex County Council said.
A spokesman said they would be looking to ensure community and religious representatives were also on hand to help.
Ch Supt Luke Collinson, of Essex Police, said they would be looking at several lines of inquiry, including whether the family were the unintended victims of the attack.
'Positive response'"That's clearly something that the investigation team will be looking at," he said.
"It's far too early to say at the moment exactly what the lines of inquiry are. All I would say is nothing is being ruled in, nothing is being ruled out."
However, he said they did not believe the motive to be racial.
"It is our firm belief the answers to the tragic set of circumstances lie within the local community," he continued.
"We've been really impressed with the positive response from the community."
He urged anyone with any information to come forward.
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