22 h. ago Heckmondwike house fire: Tumble dryer may have caused blaze that killed girl and her dad

Councillor Darren O'Donovan said the house fire that killed a girl aged nine and her father in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday could have been started by a tumble dryer. Another girl, 11, is said to be in a critical condition

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25 h. ago Blaze that killed 'lovely little girl', nine, and her father while mother 'was away on Eid pilgrimage' could have been started by tumble dryer, fire chairman says

The inferno engulfed the family's red-brick semi-detached home in West Yorkshire, at around 5am yesterday, while the mother was in Saudi Arabia for Hajj during Eid celebrations.

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28 h. ago House fire that killed girl and father ‘could have been started by tumble dryer’

An 11-year-old girl has also been left fighting for her life in hospital after the fire broke out in Heckmondwike on Sunday.

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29 h. ago Heckmondwike house fire: Tributes to girl, 9, and dad killed as child, 11, in critical condition

Locals have paid tribute to a nine-year-old girl and her dad who tragically died in a house fire in Heckmondwike, West Yorkshire, on Sunday. An investigation is ongoing to establish the cause of the fire

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32 h. ago Heckmondwike house fire: Girl, 9, among two killed in West Yorkshire blaze as 11

Medics tried to save man’s life but he died at the scene - while young girl was taken to hospital but died later that day

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32 h. ago Firefighters probe burnt out washing machine after house blaze that killed father and daughter, nine, and left her sister, 11, fighting for her life

A nine-year-old girl and her father have been killed in a house fire in West Yorkshire, while an eleven-year-old girl remains in a critical condition.

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34 h. ago Girl, 9, and father killed in West Yorkshire house fire while sister, 11, fights for her life

There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire in Heckmondwike

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34 h. ago House fire kills father and daughter as another girl fights for her life

Firefighters battled the blaze at a Russell Close property which has resulted in the deaths of a dad and his daughter.

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34 h. ago Girl, 9, and dad killed in devastating house fire as child fights for life

They died in the house fire in Heckmondwike

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34 h. ago Girl, 9, and father killed in West Yorkshire house fire while another child fights for her life

There are not thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding the fire in Heckmondwike

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34 h. ago Girl, nine, and her father are killed in West Yorkshire house fire as her sister, 11, fights for her life

A nine-year-old girl and her father have been killed in a house fire in West Yorkshire, while an eleven-year-old girl remains in a critical condition.

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1 week ago Teenager and two adults killed in M5 crash as child fights for life

Another child is fighting for their life in hospital following the single-vehicle collision in south Gloucestershire

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1 week ago Everything we know about M5 crash as three dead and child fighting for life

Paramedics raced to a 'very complex scene' last night, where they tried to save lives in the 'most tragic of circumstances' - but three people succumbed to their injuries and sadly died

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1 week ago M5 crash latest: Road closed after teenager and two adults killed and another child fights for life

Single-vehicle collision happened on motorway in south Gloucestershire on Friday evening, Avon and Somerset Police say

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1 week ago Child and two adults killed in M5 crash as road remains closed

Another child is fighting for their life in hospital following the single-vehicle collision in south Gloucestershire

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1 week ago Two adults and one child are killed in BMW crash on M5 as another child fights for life in hospital

Avon and Somerset Police said that the white BMW left the motorway between Falfield, near Bristol, and the Michaelwood services.

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3 w. ago Child remains fighting for their life after minibus crash on the M4 that killed boy, six, and seriously injured five other youngsters

The motorway in Berkshire was locked down in both directions following the incident which took place on the slip road from Junction 10 to the A329M near Reading at around 2.45pm on Sunday.

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