Mumtaz Chishty's wife of 45 years died in the suspected arson attack at the family's Bolton home.
Mr Chishty, 73, spoke as granddaughter Alana Mian, five, is critically ill in a specialist unit in Leicester.
His daughter, Saima Mian, 24, was transferred to a hospital in Sheffield for a short time but is now in intensive care at Wythenshawe Hospital where her condition is also described as `critical.'
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