Three dead in Wales flat fire, two arrested

Police in north Wales are treating the deaths of a woman and two young children in a fire as murder. A man and a 15-month-old boy are in hospital and two neighbours are under arrest.

A 20-year-old woman, a boy of four and a two-year-old girl died after a flat fire in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, police said. The woman’s 15-month-old son is in a critical condition and her partner, 23, is in serious condition in hospital.

A man, 45, and a woman, 42, have been arrested, police said.

“We would appeal for anyone who may have seen anything suspicious in the Maes y Groes area of Prestatyn yesterday evening to get in contact as soon as possible by calling us on 101,” Detective Superintendent John Chapman said.

Baby moved to Alder Hey

“We are deploying family liaison officers to work closely with the next of kin at this difficult time.

“There is a team of dedicated officers working on specific lines of inquiry in relation to this incident.”

A spokeswoman for Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust said the man and baby were taken to Glan Clwyd Hospital in Rhyl but he was later transferred to Whiston Hospital, Merseyside.

The baby was also transferred for further treatment at Alder Hey.

Two fire crews from Rhyl and a crew from Prestatyn brought the blaze under control and carried out a search for any casualties.