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| Mother and children die in blaze | Mother and children die in blaze |
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| Police have started a major inquiry after the bodies of a woman and her two children were found following a suspected arson attack on a house. | Police have started a major inquiry after the bodies of a woman and her two children were found following a suspected arson attack on a house. |
| Detectives were called to the home in Dupont Gardens, New Parks, by the woman's partner as he returned from work in the early hours of Saturday. | |
| The bodies of a 27-year-old woman, a five-year-old girl and a three-year-old boy were found in the terraced house. | |
| Curtains in the two bedrooms have been damaged and the walls blackened. | |
| Neighbours' shock | |
| One neighbour, who declined to give her name, said: "Nobody round here saw anything or heard anything last night, which is really strange. | |
| "We can't believe what's happened because no-one saw the fire or any fire engines. | |
| "The woman who lives there had been there for about 12 months. No one round here knew her very well because she didn't really mix with the other residents." | |
| Local councillor Stephen Corrall said the deaths would be a "heck of a shock" to residents. | |
| "I'm really devastated by it. I'm really, really sorry for the family and their loss. | |
| "Any help I can give whatsoever, I'm there for anybody at all. | |
| "And if there's anything I can do for the family themselves, then please get in contact with me. | |
| "I just don't know how people will cope with this. It's a heck of a shock for everybody." |