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Girl and grandmother die in fire Murder inquiry over fire deaths
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A teenager and her grandmother have died in a suspected arson attack on a block of flats in east London. A fire in which a teenager and her grandmother died is being treated as murder, police have said.
Shannen Vickers, 17, and Pauline Adams, 57, died in the fire at Malmesbury House, in Cyprus Street, Bethnal Green, at about 0600 GMT on Sunday. Shannen Vickers, 17, and Pauline Adams, 57, died in the flat fire in Bethnal Green, east London, on Sunday morning.
Firefighters found their bodies in a bedroom in the fifth-floor flat. A police spokesman said the blaze had been started deliberately and a murder inquiry had begun.
Two men have been arrested - a 19-year-old who handed himself in at an east London police station and an 18-year-old who was detained in Harlow, Essex.Two men have been arrested - a 19-year-old who handed himself in at an east London police station and an 18-year-old who was detained in Harlow, Essex.
The Metropolitan Police said the two men were being held at separate police stations in east London.The Metropolitan Police said the two men were being held at separate police stations in east London.
Post-mortem examinations will be held at the Royal London Hospital on Monday. Fire-fighters discovered the two bodies in a rear bedroom of the three-bedroom flat.
Neighbours had already managed to escape the fire-hit seven-storey building by the time the emergency services arrived. Post-mortem examinations will be held at the Royal London Hospital later.
Police have appealed for any witnesses to contact the force or Crimestoppers. Neighbours had already managed to escape the fire-hit seven-storey building at Malmesbury House, in Cyprus Street by the time the emergency services arrived.