5 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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7 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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10 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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12 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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15 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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15 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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16 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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16 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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17 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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17 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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