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Woman arrested after two children die in house fire

ShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleBBCA woman has been arrested after two children died in a house fire in Wolverhampton.

Emergency services were called to the blaze in Mason Street at about 20:30 BST on Friday.

Firefighters entered the property and rescued the children but two boys, one and three, died at the scene.

West Midlands Police said a woman in her 30s was detained on suspicion of causing or allowing the death of two children and remains in custody.

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