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Boy, 6, dies in hospital after house fire that killed four members of his family

A six-year-old who sustained critical injuries during a house fire that killed four members of his family has also died, police said.

The fire in Waterford, Ireland, killed Philip and Kim English and their sons Callum, 12, and Jayden, nine, with two more children, aged six and 14, taken to hospital in a critical condition.

Now Irish police say the younger of the two children in hospital, identified as Elliot English, has died.

In a statement, the Garda said the boy passed away at the Children's Health Ireland hospital in the Dublin suburb of Crumlin on Friday.

The statement continued: "The thoughts of all members of An Garda Síochána are with the extended English family at this sad time."

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