Lewisham house fire: Two more dead after ‘deliberate’ London blaze, police say

A 14-year-old boy and a 34-year-old girl have died in hospital since Saturday’s blaze, which Metropolitan Police mentioned was began from the within.

The teenager died on Wednesday and the girl on Thursday following the fireplace at a block of flats on Russett Way, Lewisham.

All three victims have been members of the identical household, police mentioned. Officers are usually not on the lookout for anybody else in reference to the fireplace.

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Detective Chief Inspector Laurence Smith, from the Met, mentioned in an announcement: “This was a very terrible incident and we’re doing all the pieces we are able to to help the household’s subsequent of kin.

“We have been working alongside specialist investigators to ascertain the reason for the fireplace and it saddens me to say that we imagine it was began intentionally, contained in the tackle, by a type of inside.

“While I settle for we could by no means know the circumstances, I’m nonetheless very eager to listen to from anyone who has data that might shed any mild of this tragic incident.”

Police have been first known as to the flat by the London Fire Brigade shortly earlier than 6am on Saturday 6 March.

Anyone with details about the blaze ought to name police on on 0208 345 3985, referencing Operation Tampere, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

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