Jasin: The police have identified the five family members who died in a house fire in Kampung Berangan Enam, Umbai here today. Jasin District Police Chief Supt Mohamad Rusli Mat identified them as Laila Fathinah Mustapa, 37, and her four children, including a daughter from her previous marriage, Nur Damia Batrisyia Abdullah, 13. The others are her six-year-old daughter Nur Dalilah Khadijah and sons, Izz Daffa Hafizuddin, seven, and Izz Danish Fathi, four.

According to BERNAMA News Agency, Laila Fathinah's husband, who survived the fire, was identified as Muhammad Khairuddin Sa'ari, 35. "Muhammad Khairuddin tried to save his family members but his movement was limited due to a broken leg sustained in a road crash last month," said Mohamad Rusli in a statement here today. All the bodies were sent to Jasin Hospital for post-mortem.