House fire tragedy: Two neighbours arrested on suspicion of murder after mum, 20, and two young children die in blaze

The woman and two relatives - a boy aged four and a two-year-old girl - were pronounced dead by firefighters while a 23-year-old man and a 15-month-old baby were taken to hospital

 

Detectives investigating a house fire which killed a young mum and two children have arrested their neighbours on suspicion of murder.
The victims - a 20-year-old woman, a boy aged four and a two-year-old girl - died after the blaze broke out in their first-floor flat in Maes Y Groes, Prestatyn, last night, a North Wales Police spokeswoman said.
She added that the arrested pair live underneath them on the ground floor and were a man, aged 45, and a woman, aged 42.

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The force said the female victim was related to the two children but was not their mother.
The dead woman's 15-month-old baby boy is in a critical condition in hospital and her 23-year-old boyfriend is also in hospital being treated for serious injuries.
The man is not related to the two dead children, North Wales Police said.

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Detective Superintendent John Chapman said: "We would appeal for anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the Maes y Groes area of Prestatyn yesterday evening to get in contact as soon as possible by calling us on 101.
"We are deploying family liaison officers to work closely with the next of kin at this difficult time.
"There is a team of dedicated officers working on specific lines of inquiry in relation to this incident."
Firefighters were called to the scene at 10pm last night and recovered the five people.