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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ted Hennessey

Fatal flat blaze: Father identified bodies of wife and children on his birthday

PA Media

A man whose wife and young daughters died after a house fire has described how he had to identify their bodies, in a hospital mortuary, on his birthday.

Aboubacarr Drammeh, who turned 40 on Wednesday, paid tribute to his wife of eight years, Fatoumatta Hydara, and their daughters Fatimah and Naeemah Drammeh, aged three and one, in a statement.

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