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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Ellie Crabbe

'Firework killed my family and destroyed my life', says London father

A father whose wife and three children were killed in a house blaze in west London believed to have been caused by a firework has told how the night “destroyed my life” as he warned “if you use fireworks, you could lose everything”.

Aroen Kishen had been celebrating Diwali with his wife Seema, their children Riyan, 11, and Arohi, eight, and four-year-old Shanaya, and family friends at their home in Hounslow in November 2023.

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