A devastating house fire that killed a 'lovely little' nine-year-old girl and her father could have been started by a tumble dryer, a fire chairman has said.
The inferno engulfed the family's red-brick semi-detached home on Russell Close in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, at around 5am yesterday, while the mother was in Saudi Arabia for Hajj during Eid celebrations.
While on the pilgrimage, she had left her taxi driver husband, who locals today named as Sohaib Ahmed, 38, in charge of their two daughters and son.
Neighbours say the boy, who is the family's eldest, had been staying with relatives on Saturday night and was not at home when the fire broke out.
However, his two young sisters aged nine and 11 were inside the property with their father.
