Teenager Arrested Over Deadly House Blaze
Freckleton house fire victims: (Top) Ella and Holly Smith, (bottom left) Jordan Smith, (bottom right) Reece Smith
An 18-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of murder following a house fire in Lancashire which killed four brothers and sisters
Police have also confirmed the blaze was started inside a wardrobe in one of the bedrooms of the house in Lytham Road, Freckleton.
Emergency services were called to the property just before 11.30pm on Saturday, January 7.
Police at the scene of the house fire in Freckleton
Firefighters were able to rescue 36-year-old Michelle Smith but four of her children – Reece, 19, four-year-old twins Holly and Ella, and Jordan, aged two, died later in hospital.
The young man in custody is from Lytham, Lancashire Police said.
Detective Chief Inspector Neil Esseen said: “We are following a number of lines of enquiry and have spoken to a number of people who were at the house on the night in question.
“However, I would still urge anybody who has any information which they believe could assist us with our investigation to come forward.”
:: Anybody with any information about the fire is asked to contact police on 101 or Crimestoppersanonymously on 0800 555 111.
