House Fire

Two Die In Carlton Village House Fire

PA | Posted 04.04.2013 | UK

Two people died on Thursday in a house fire, emergency workers said. The pair were killed when the fire ripped through the property in Carlton Vill...

Derby House Fire Couple Face Sentence

PA | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK

A couple who killed their six children in a house fire will today be jailed. Mick and Mairead Philpott started the blaze in their Derby home in the...

Derby House Fire Couple Face Sentence

PA | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK

A couple who killed their six children in a house fire will today be jailed. Mick and Mairead Philpott started the blaze in their Derby home in the...

'A Manipulative Abusive Man Who Treated Women As Possessions'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.04.2013 | UK

Mick Philpott was described as a controlling, manipulative, abusive, aggressive and domineering man during a trial which ended in the 55-year-old's co...

Arson Investigation After Man Dies In House Fire

PA | Posted 02.03.2013 | UK

A man has been killed in a "suspicious" house fire. Detectives have launched an investigation after the blaze caught hold of the house in Hemel Hem...

Mrs Philpott Had Abortion After Mick 'Watched Her Have Sex With Another Man'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.02.2013 | UK

A father accused of killing his six children was overheard on the phone saying someone being interviewed by police was going to "drop us in it", a cou...

Mick Philpott Slept With Wife Then Mistress On Alternate Nights, Court Hears

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

The former mistress of a man accused of killing his children in a house fire has told a court how she and his wife used to alternate the nights they w...

Father Accused of Killing Children In Blaze Hears 999 Call

PA | Posted 13.02.2013 | UK

Mick Philpott, accused with his wife of killing their six children in a house fire, made a desperate attempt to avoid hearing in court a 999 call made...

'A Plan That Went Horribly Wrong'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK

A couple accused of killing their six children in a house fire started the blaze as part of a "plan that went horribly wrong", a court has heard. M...

Neighbours Rushed To Rescue 3-Year-Old From 'Inferno'

PA | Posted 17.11.2012 | UK

Neighbours rushed to the rescue of a three-year-old boy caught in a "roaring inferno" after a house caught fire on Saturday. The boy was handed out...

'It Was Like A Bomb Going Off'

PA | Posted 14.11.2012 | UK

Three members of the same family died following a bungalow fire, believed to have been started by the father who had a history of mental illness, a co...

Third Person Charged WIth Murder Over Derby House Fire

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.11.2012 | UK

A 45-year-old man is to appear in court charged with murdering six children who died after a fire at their house in Derby. Paul Mosley, 45, of Derb...

Two Men Arrested Over Derby House Fire

Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.11.2012 | UK

Two men have been arrested in connection with the death of six children in a house fire in Derby. The men, aged 45 and 49, are both from Derby and...

Toddler Dies In Hospital After North Wales House Fire

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 21.10.2012 | UK

A fifteen-month baby boy has become the fourth victim of a fire in Prestatyn, North Wales, a spokeswoman for North Wales Fire and Rescue said. Nort...

Two Arrested After Woman And Two Children Die In House Fire

PA | Posted 20.10.2012 | UK

Two people have been arrested by police investigating a house fire in which a woman and two children died. A 20-year-old woman, a boy aged four and...

Man Faces Court Over House Fire That Killed Three

PA | Posted 22.09.2012 | UK

A man will appear in court on Saturday morning charged with three counts of murder following a fire that killed a grandmother, teenage mother and baby...

Baby Killed In Suspected Arson Attack Had 'Just Returned From Hospital'

Huffington Post UK/PA/Wales News Service | Posted 18.09.2012 | UK

A six-month old baby has been killed along with her mother and grandmother in a suspected arson attack in Cwmbran, South Wales. Kimberley Buckley h...

Derby House Fire Parents Due In Court

PA | Posted 18.06.2012 | UK

The parents of six children killed in a house fire are due back in court today charged with their murder. Mick Philpott, 55, and his wife Mairead, ...

Man And Woman Ejected From Court After Shouting Abuse At Derby House Fire Couple

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.05.2012 | UK

Two people have interrupted the court appearance of Mick Philpott and his wife Mairead, who have been charged with the murder of their six children in...

Police Arrest Parents Of Six Children Killed In Derby House Fire

Posted 29.05.2012 | UK

The parents of six children killed in an arson attack on their home were arrested today on suspicion of murder. Mick Philpott, 55, and his wife Mai...

Inquest Opens Into Deaths Of Six Children In Derby House Fire

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 18.05.2012 | UK

An inquest has been opened into the deaths of six children killed in an arson attack. Jade Philpott, 10, and brothers John, nine, Jack, eight, Jess...

Father Of Six Children Who Died In House Fire To Speak Publicly

PA | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK

The father of six siblings who lost their lives in a suspected arson attack on their home is expected to speak about the tragedy on Wednesday. Mic...

Teenager Dies In Hospital After House Fire Which Killed His Five Siblings

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.07.2012 | UK

A teenage boy has died in hospital after a house fire which killed five of his siblings, police said. Derbyshire Police Assistant Chief Constable S...

Teenager 'Unlikely To Survive' After House Fire Which Killed His Five Siblings

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 13.05.2012 | UK

A teenage boy critically ill in hospital after a house fire which killed five of his siblings is "unlikely to survive", police said. Duwayne Philpo...

Only Way Is Essex Star Escapes Fire Drama

PA | Posted 25.04.2012 | Home

Former The Only Way Is Essex star Kirk Norcross has thanked firefighters for "saving my life" after he was rescued from a fire which broke out at his ...