Arrests over Oldham fatal house fire

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    Arrests have been made following a fatal house fire in Salford.

    Shortly before 5.00am on Monday 11 December, emergency services were called to Jackson Street in Walkden to reports of a house fire.

    On attendance, efforts were made to rescue the people inside the house but tragically, a boy aged eight and two girls aged seven and 14 died.

    A three-year-old girl remains in a critical condition and a 35-year-old woman remains in a serious condition, both in hospital.

    Two 16-year-old boys were able to escape the property.

    Officers have arrested three men and a woman in connection with the investigation on suspicion of murder.

    A 24-year-old man has also been arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender.

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