UK fire deaths: Five child victims killed by smoke

Police in Britain have revealed that five of the six children who died in a house fire were killed by smoke inhalation.

UK fire deaths: Five child victims killed by smoke

Police in Britain have revealed that five of the six children who died in a house fire were killed by smoke inhalation.

Derbyshire Police said the results of post-mortem examinations revealed that Jade Philpott, 10, and brothers John, nine, Jack, seven, Jessie, six, and five-year-old Jayden breathed in smoke when fire ripped through their home in Allenton in the early hours of Friday.

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