A 54-year-old man has been arrested following a devastating fire in Kettering that killed three people including a four-year-old girl as locals say the “whole village is in shock”
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder following the death of three people in a fire near Kettering. Three police officers were also injured in the blaze.
Horrified locals said the “whole village is in shock” following the tragedy that left a four-year-old girl, a 30-year-old woman and a 23-year-old man dead. One neighbour described the huge emergency response and compared the fire in a historic former station house in the village of Rushton to an “inferno”.
Emergency services were called at around 10.30pm on Friday to reports of a large blaze at a property in Beswick Close in Rushton, near Kettering. A man from Kettering was arrested on suspicion of murder on Saturday and remains in police custody, the force added.
In a statement on Sunday afternoon, Chief Inspector Paul Cash said: “We know this incident has caused significant distress locally and our officers will remain in the area to provide reassurance and help where we can. In relation to this investigation, one arrest has been made, and we will provide updates surrounding this as soon as we can. This investigation is well under way but remains in its early stages, and it will take time to fully establish what has happened.”
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