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| Police have arrested two men on suspicion of the murder of three people in a fire at a Cornish hotel. | Police have arrested two men on suspicion of the murder of three people in a fire at a Cornish hotel. |
| More than 80 people escaped from the Penhallow Hotel blaze in Newquay on 18 August last year, but three guests, all from Staffordshire, lost their lives. | |
| Police confirmed on Tuesday they were treating the deaths as murder. | Police confirmed on Tuesday they were treating the deaths as murder. |
| Two men aged 44 and 21 have been arrested and are being taken to a police station in Cornwall where they will be questioned. | Two men aged 44 and 21 have been arrested and are being taken to a police station in Cornwall where they will be questioned. |
| Peter Hughes, 43, of Cheslyn Hay, Staffs, was killed trying to rescue his mother, Monica, 86. | Peter Hughes, 43, of Cheslyn Hay, Staffs, was killed trying to rescue his mother, Monica, 86. |
| Joan Harper, 80, from Stoke on Trent, also died in the blaze. | Joan Harper, 80, from Stoke on Trent, also died in the blaze. |
| When the fire broke out in the early hours, the hotel was close to capacity with 86 guests, three members of staff and a coach driver in the building. | |
| More than 80 people managed to get out safely. The hotel was later demolished. | |
| On Tuesday, detectives said painstaking inquiries by fire service investigators and independent experts had established that the fire was started deliberately. |