Crime Next Door - 1. A family trapped in the fire
Download 1. A family trapped in the fire
A normally quiet residential street in Harlow is woken in the middle of the night to screams for help.
Doctor Abdul Shakoor jumps from the bedroom window of his Essex home as fire rages through the living room downstairs. His wife and five children are still inside.
What Adbul didn't know then is that he’ll be the only family member to survive and also that someone else may have been in the house.
Written and produced by Gabby Colenso
Presenter: Sonia Watson
Sound Design: John Cameron-McIntosh
Story Consultants: Barney Rowntree and Ben Robinson
Online Producer: Rachael Smith
Series Editor: Shahid Hussain
Commissioning Editor: Alistair Miskin
A BBC Essex production for BBC Sounds.
Published on Tuesday, 20th May 2025.
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