Lancashire fire deaths tragedy: 18-year-old arrested

DETECTIVES investigating a house fire in Freckleton, in which four siblings died, have arrested an 18-year-old man in connection with the investigation.

By The Newsroom

Published 11th Jan 2012, 10:58 BST

The teenager, from Lytham, has been arrested on suspicion of murder and is currently in custody.

Police can now confirm the fire was started inside a wardrobe in one of the bedrooms at the house in Lytham Road.

Detective Chief Inspector Neil Esseen said: “I can confirm this fire is now being treated as suspicious. We are following a number of lines of inquiry and have spoken with a number of people who were at the house on the night in question.

“However, I would still urge anybody who has any information which they believe could assist us with our investigation to come forward.”