UPDATE: Girl, eight, and 42-year-old man killed in blaze tragedy
An eight-year-old girl and a 42-year-old man died in a house fire in Stanley this morning.
Firefighters were called to the blaze on Ash Crescent at around 4.20am.
Police confirmed the man and the girl died as a result of the fire.
A 35-year-old woman and a 13-year-old girl were taken to hospital for treatment to non-life threatening injuries.
They have since been discharged and are being cared for by relatives.
Chief Superintendent Mabs Hussain, District Commander of Wakefield Police, said: “This is clearly a very serious and tragic incident in which a man and a young girl have lost their... read more
19 October 2016 in
Yorkshire & Humber,
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Source: Pontefract & Castleford Express
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