Woman arrested after children aged 1 and 3 die in Wolverhampton house fire
Officers were called to Mason Street at about 8.30pm on Friday along with the West Midlands Fire Service and West Midlands Ambulance Service, West Midlands Police said (Picture: Matthew Cooper/PA Wire)
A woman has been arrested after two young children died in a house fire on Friday night.
The woman, in her 30s, was taken into custody as police investigated the fire which killed two boys aged one and three.
Another two children and a woman made it outside the house before firefighters arrived.
A spokesperson for West Midlands Police said on Saturday afternoon: ‘We have detained a woman following a fatal house fire in Wolverhampton yesterday evening.
The scene at a house in in Wolverhampton (Picture: Matthew Cooper/PA Wire)
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‘The woman in her 30s remains in custody this afternoon (Sat) as investigations continue into the blaze in Mason Street at around 8.30pm (Friday).’
Officers were called to Mason Street at about 8.30pm on Friday along with the West Midlands Fire Service and West Midlands Ambulance Service, West Midlands Police said.
Firefighters entered the property and rescued them but they were pronounced dead at the scene, police said.
Two other children and a woman were already out of the house before emergency services arrived.
Firefighters from Bilston, West Bromwich and Bloxwich Fire Stations attended the scene, West Midlands Fire Service confirmed.
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