The Metropolitan Police said they were called at about 1.15pm on Monday to reports the girl had entered the river near to Barge House Causeway.

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A four-year-old girl and her mother both died in the blaze, along with a 23-year-old man.

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The mother, in her 30s, remains in hospital as detectives investigate how the baby boy died