House fire kills toddler and his teenage brother and sister
Fire tore through a house in Devon and a boy of three and his teenage brother and sister died.
A man, believed to be their father, raced back into the burning house to try to rescue the children. The man was treated for injuries and released along with another child. The dead teenagers, a 17-year-old girl and her 18-year-old brother, and the three-year-old boy were among eight people in the terraced house in Honiton, Devon, when the fire broke out on Friday.
Air ambulance flew them to Exeter hospital where they died with family at their bedside. The boy died in a Bristol burns unit several hours later.
Seven people in the house were from one family and the eighth was a friend staying over. The house is near the town’s fire station but area commander Nick Manning said the blaze was “well developed” when firefighters arrived minutes after the alarm was raised at 7.30am.
A spokesman for Devon and Cornwall police said: “Our thoughts are with the family at this time and investigations are ongoing.”
Fire at Wokingham Business Park
60 firefighters were called to attend a large fire which broke out at the Mulberry Business Park in Wokingham at around 4pm on 26th November.
The fire was on the ground floor was brought under control quickly but several windows were blown out at the height of the blaze.
Bryan Morgan from the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service said: “We arrived at the scene after receiving calls from several members of the public to find a severe fire burning in the first floor. We were able to get inside and tackle the flames from the inside and I have to praise the crews involved for getting it under control so quickly.”
Eye witness, Robert Hughes said that he could smell burning plastic and flames were visible. Mr Hughes said: “My daughter was the first to tell me about it who lives just up the road. There must have been at least 24 firefighters. You could see the flames and smell burning plastic.”
The cause of the fire is not yet known.
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