Johor police chief Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the incident should be a lesson for parents to ensure the safety of their homes, including the use of electrical appliances.

“Take a lesson from what happened yesterday.

“Police did investigate, but there is no element of crime involved,” he said when visiting the scene of the fire, during which he also handed over a donation to the victims’ father today.

Also present was Johor deputy police chief Khaw Kok Chin.

Kamarul said police would help speed up the autopsy process on the two children at the Sultanah Aminah Hospital today.

In the fire, which broke out in a single storey-house at 1.40pm yesterday, firemen found the bodies of the two siblings, three-year-old Zafran Fikri and his sister, Nurul Hawa Zafira, two, on the bedroom floor.

Meanwhile, the children’s father, Fikri Abdul Mubian, 28, said his wife, Nurul Ain Najihah Zulkifli, 27, was still inconsolable, having lost both the children.

He said the family had only moved into the rented home four months ago.

“My wife told me that the children had just taken their bath and meals. She left the house for a while to throw the rubbish.

“I cannot blame anyone. It is fated. I have to accept it,” said Fikri, adding that he was away at work when the fire broke out.