Pictured: Loving mum who desperately cradled her daughters aged 3, 5 and 7 while they died in horrific house fire - as arson squad treats blaze as suspicious and man who escaped flames is held under police guard in hospital
- A woman and three children have died in a horror house fire in Melbourne
- Kaoru Okano and her three girls tried in vain to take cover in home's en suite
- A man was able to escape the home but is in a serious condition in hospital
- It took firefighters several hours to bring the deadly blaze under control
A mother cradled her three young daughters in an upstairs bathroom before they all died in a house fire that overwhelmed their home overnight.
Emergency crews rushed to the townhouse on Tulloch Grove in Glen Waverley in Melbourne's eastern suburbs about 1.40am after the property's garage caught alight.
Kaoru Okano and her three girls - aged three, five, and seven - had tried in vain to take cover from the blaze in the en-suite as the suburban home became engulfed in smoke.
Police investigators are treating the blaze as suspicious and the home remained cordoned off as detectives combed through the scene on Sunday.
A 50-year-old man who is known to the family escaped the flames but was taken to hospital in a serious condition where he remains under police guard.
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Kaoru Okano lost her life alongside her three young daughters (pictured) in a horrific house fire in Melbourne's east in the early hours of Sunday morning
Kaoru Okano (pictured with one of her daughters) had tried to take cover from the blaze in the home's en-suite bathroom as the property became engulfed in smoke
Police said it may be 24 to 48 hours before the man is capable of being interviewed.
Ms Okano, who is believed to be of Japanese heritage, had regularly posted loving photos of her children on Facebook smiling and playing together.
Her husband is believed to own a Japanese restaurant in Richmond in Melbourne's inner-city.
Detective Senior Sergeant Neville Major said the bodies were found 'huddled together' in the bathroom.
'There has been a very tragic incident here. There is a lot of damage in the garage area and the house has been engulfed in smoke,' he said.
Neighbours said they could hear screams and explosions coming from the home as the flames took hold of the property.
'All of the smoke was spreading across the street and around the corner,' one nearby resident told The Herald Sun.
Ms Okano regularly posted loving photos of her children on Facebook smiling and playing together
The mother's body was found by emergency crews huddled together with those of her young girls
Another neighbour explained the layout of the house made it extremely difficult for the woman to escape.
She said the front door would have been the family's only option but it had been engulfed in smoke.
'It was just horrible,' she said. 'Those poor children couldn't get out.'
It took 35 firefighters several hours to bring the blaze under control, at which point they found the four bodies in the wreckage.
A man, believed to be in his 50s, was able to escape and was taken to hospital.
The house fire has also left another man in hospital with serious injuries (pictured, police at the scene on Saturday night)
Authorities are working to determine the cause of the fire, but the arson squad has been drafted in to investigate.
Neighbours were also evacuated as a precaution as smoke billowed into the community.
Anyone with further information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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