Rather then abandoning them, three young adults stay with their parents until the very end.

 As smoke and flames engulfed the 17th floor, bride-to-be Husna Begum, 22, and her brothers, Hanif, 26, and Hamid, 29, explained their decision to stay to relatives on the phone. They had the option to leave safely, although their father could barely walk and the mother would not abandon him. The decision was made that they would all stay with their parents until the very end.

More than two hours after the blazebegan, the children told their relatives that they could not leave their mother, Rabeya, who was 64 years old, and 82-year-old father, Kamru Miah, who couldn't even walk. They also told them not to grieve for them as they were 'going to a better place'.

Their cousin, Samir Ahmad, 18 yo, told The Times : "Their dad could barely walk anyway."What were they going to do? Abandon him?" 

 Ms Begum was due to get married in Leicester next month - and her distraught fiancé and extended family are expected to remember them in a public prayer ceremony at 6pm today.  One brother Mohammed Hakim, who had been at the home earlier in the evening but left before the blaze, is known to have survived. 

Edited by Wiktor Metryka

Special thanks to The Times.