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5 kids have been arrested in relation to a homicide investigation after a home hearth earlier this week.
Emergency providers had been referred to as to the scene of a home hearth in a two-storey house on Honestone Road, Bideford, Devon, round 8.30pm on Tuesday.
An arson investigation was launched, and police have now confirmed it has been escalated to a homicide investigation.
4 boys and a woman, all from North Devon and below the age of 18, have been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to hazard life, and stay in custody right now.
One individual remains to be lacking after the hearth, however his subsequent of kin have been made conscious.
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A person in his 30s, from Bideford, was beforehand arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to hazard life and has been launched on police bail.
A scene guard remains to be in place, and a few residents stay evacuated from their properties.
DI Chris Lithgow, from the Main Crime Investigation Staff, stated: ‘We’re treating this as a homicide investigation, as homicide is considered one of a number of hypotheses presently being investigated by our officers.
‘We’re working with the native authority to assist the displaced residents and hope to allow them to return to their properties as quickly as it’s secure to take action.
‘It is a difficult investigation, and we’re working tirelessly to determine the circumstances surrounding the hearth. One man stays unaccounted for right now.
‘We recognize it is a worrying time for the area people, however I want to thank residents for his or her persistence and assist. We might ask individuals to not speculate on-line concerning this incident.
‘There’ll proceed to be a heightened police presence within the space and anyone with issues or data is requested to method our officers.’
Earlier this 12 months, an aged lady died in a suspected arson assault in Cwmbran, Wales.
A girl, 75, died on the scene, whereas a boy, 17, was arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to hazard life.
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