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The BBC's Ed Thomas describes the scene in Sheffield
Three generations of a family, including a nine-week-old baby girl and her two young brothers, have been killed in a house fire in Sheffield.
Relative Ishfaq Kayani said the deaths at Wake Road, Sharrow, were a "tragedy beyond imagination".
The victims were his cousin Shabina Begum, 54, her daughter Anum Parvaiz, 20, Adhyan and Amaan Nazim, aged nine and seven, and their baby sister.
Twenty firefighters tackled the blaze shortly after midnight.
A police cordon remains in place in Wake Road, a street of mostly terraced houses, as the investigation into the cause of the fire continues.
Mr Kayani named the 20-year-old woman who died as Anum Parvaiz, who was the children's aunt.
He said the children's grandmother, Shabina Begum, had initially escaped the fire but went back into the house in an attempt to rescue them.
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Cousin Ishfaq Hussain Kayani says the family are "devastated and in a state of shock"
"She gave her life trying to save her grandchildren," he said.
The children's mother escaped the fire and their father was at work at the time.
Mr Kayani said: "The whole family is in a state of shock, devastated. The whole community is in a sombre mood.
"Friends, relatives, we're all in huge, huge shock. It's a tragedy beyond imagination.
"Just in a matter of minutes the whole family has been destroyed. The whole family has gone.
Oliver Wright BBC News Online
As the residents of Wake Road awoke this morning, they were greeted by the grim sight of lines of police tape across the street and the tragic news that two women and three children had been killed in a house fire.
The full length of the road has been closed and a white forensics tent stands close by the affected terraced house.
White-suited scenes of crime officers and police officers in high-visibility jackets came and went from the three-storey property near to the junction with Emily Road.
The brown wooden windows of the house and neighbouring properties have been left wide open.
Those living in the leafy suburb to the south of the city have spoken of their shock, sadness and disbelief.
"You can well imagine what the children's parents are going through. I don't have the words to describe how the family is feeling, other than shell-shocked, devastated.
"We are a close-knit family, there are enough people around to support the family.
"The children were looking forward to school, and we've lost the whole family, just a wonderful family, highly respected."
'Such a tragedy'Four fire engines from Central, Rivelin, Lowedges and Mansfield Road stations, along with a crew using an aerial ladder platform, went to the scene.
South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue said details about the fire would become clearer after specialist investigators examined the scene.
Vicky Edwards, who lives in Wake Road, said: "It's a shock, of course it's a shock.
"I got up and saw the police tape and thought 'what is that about?' but it was only when I came outside and saw the police officers I realised it was something serious.
"It's a really nice neighbourhood, the sort of place where kids play outside."
Another neighbour, who asked to remain anonymous, said: "We were asleep we did not hear anything or see anything.
"We know the family. It's such a tragedy, it's the saddest thing you can hear."
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