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Four children die in house blaze

Four children die in house blaze

Four young boys have tragically died in a house fire in Sutton, South London after being left in the house alone.

The children, two sets of twins aged three and four, were given CPR by firefighters called to Collingwood Road on Thursday at 6:55 pm.

The children were given treatment until ambulance crews arrived and were taken to two separate hospitals, where they were sadly pronounced dead.

London Fire Brigade (LFB) said the children had been left at home alone.

A 27-year-old woman has now been arrested on suspicion of child neglect and the cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

Trauma teams from London’s Air Ambulance and Air Ambulance Kent Surrey Sussex were also dispatched to the scene.

Sixty firefighters battled the blaze throughout the ground floor of the mid-terrace property.

LAS’ Brian Jordan told BBC Breakfast: “We had a whole range of our resources there to try and do everything we could to save the children.

“All of our crews are trained to deal with situations like this, but these kinds of situations will obviously be affecting them very hard.

“We will obviously provide all the support to them that we can. I think it’s very difficult at this time of year as we approach Christmas and that makes it much more poignant as well.”

The blaze was under control by 20:36 and the cause is now under investigation.

Police said the children’s next of kin were aware of their deaths and will be given specialist support.

The force added that road closures were in force as emergency services remained at the scene and that officers would be “working through the night and beyond”.

Supt Rob Shepherd said: “At this very early stage the cause of the fire is unknown and will be investigated.”

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