Above, the extended family lives in a subdivided floor with a communal living space in which a fire burns for cooking by day and heat at night.

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The refugees arrived by boat on the Thai shore, and Thai police said many had severe burns from a fire that broke out on board their craft after it left neighboring Myanmar, also known as Burma.

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"I am wary of a plane model that has fire problems and leaks fuel, " said Burns, a project manager who takes more than 50 trips a year.

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The girls' father, Mohammed Riaz, who is believed to work at a plastics factory in Blackburn, survived the fire but is in a critical condition in the specialist burns unit at Manchester's Wythenshawe Hospital after being resuscitated by firefighters.

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"I am wary of a plane model that has fire problems and leaks fuel, " said Atlanta-based businessman Bobby Burns, a project manager who takes more than 50 trips a year.

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And they are learning that when they have to cut a fire line, they have to go back and help that soil rehabilitate, because soil only burns a couple of centimeters.

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