Eight-year-old girl dies following house fire in Huddersfield

A woman was also killed in the blaze, which ripped through the property on Leeds Road

Author: Liam ArrowsmithPublished 31st Jul 2024

An eight-year-old girl has died in hospital following a fire which ripped through a house in Huddersfield.

In an update, police confirmed a 10-year-old girl remains in a critical condition, and investigations are continuing in Leeds Road.

A woman also caught in the house fire died on Wednesday morning (July 31).

Detectives are treating it as suspicious but said they were not looking for anyone else.

It is not known what started the blaze.

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