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10/03/2006
Man and three children killed in house explosion
A man and three children have died in an explosion at a house in Staffordshire.
The blast happened just before midnight last night at the house in Hillside Road in Cheddleton, near Leek.
Police are treating the blast as suspicious. A man in his 30s from Leek has been arrested in connection with the explosion.
A Staffordshire Police spokesperson said that the house was "well alight and extensively damaged" when they arrived on the scene.
A spokesperson from Staffordshire Ambulance Service said that they had been alerted by a call, describing "sounds of some form of explosion from the property and screams."
The man and the three children are all understood to be from the same family.
Six other homes in Hillside Road had to be evacuated due to the intensity of the blaze.
Part of the road remained cordoned of on Friday as police and fire crews continued their investigations at the scene.
(KMcA/GB)
The blast happened just before midnight last night at the house in Hillside Road in Cheddleton, near Leek.
Police are treating the blast as suspicious. A man in his 30s from Leek has been arrested in connection with the explosion.
A Staffordshire Police spokesperson said that the house was "well alight and extensively damaged" when they arrived on the scene.
A spokesperson from Staffordshire Ambulance Service said that they had been alerted by a call, describing "sounds of some form of explosion from the property and screams."
The man and the three children are all understood to be from the same family.
Six other homes in Hillside Road had to be evacuated due to the intensity of the blaze.
Part of the road remained cordoned of on Friday as police and fire crews continued their investigations at the scene.
(KMcA/GB)
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