An inquest is due to open this afternoon into the deaths of a mother and four of her children in a Harlow house fire, believed to be arson.
The inquest follows a post-mortem examination into the deaths of Sabah Usmani (44), and sons Sohaib (11), Muneeb (9), and Rayyan(6)and daughter Hira(12) Shakoor.
Father Dr Abdul Shakoor and daughter Maheen (3) remain in serious condition in hospital.
An Essex Police spokesman said that preliminary results of the post-mortems, will be released following the inquest, to open in Chelmsford this afternoon.
Yesterday police quelled rumours circulating in the town that the fires were caused by arsonists targeting cars in the town.
Although lines of inquiry included looking at previous incidents of arson involving cars in the area, a police spokesman said, recent statistics do not show that a spate has taken place.
