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A 27-year-old man who tried to save a toddler who died in a house fire in Leeds has also died from his wounds. | A 27-year-old man who tried to save a toddler who died in a house fire in Leeds has also died from his wounds. |
Gavin Battensby died in Pinderfields Hospital in Wakefield on Friday. | |
Fifteen-month-old Kyra Moran died in St James's Hospital after the fire at a house on Dufton Approach, Seacroft, in the early hours of Thursday. | Fifteen-month-old Kyra Moran died in St James's Hospital after the fire at a house on Dufton Approach, Seacroft, in the early hours of Thursday. |
Police are treating the incident as arson and are questioning a 22-year-old woman on suspicion of murder. Kyra's mother left hospital earlier on Friday. | |
'Tragic incident' | 'Tragic incident' |
Neighbour Glenn Blackburn said Mr Battensby had tried to save the baby. | |
Mr Blackburn said: "He tried to get upstairs to save her. I could hear him shouting that he couldn't find the baby." | Mr Blackburn said: "He tried to get upstairs to save her. I could hear him shouting that he couldn't find the baby." |
Det Supt Steve Payne said: "This is a tragic incident that has resulted in a young life having being cut short. | Det Supt Steve Payne said: "This is a tragic incident that has resulted in a young life having being cut short. |
"I would appeal for anyone who was in the Dufton Approach area between 12.30am and 1.30am [on Thursday] and saw anything suspicious to come forward. | "I would appeal for anyone who was in the Dufton Approach area between 12.30am and 1.30am [on Thursday] and saw anything suspicious to come forward. |
"I would like to offer my condolences to the families involved, who are currently being cared for by specially- trained officers." |
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