Two children,a girl aged three and a boy aged five,remain in a critical condition after a fire at a house in Preston yesterday evening
They were rescued along with a woman in her 20s, remains in hospital with injuries which are not thought to be life-threatening.
The fire at Coronation Crescent which broke out around 8pm is currently being treated as unexplained and a joint investigation is underway with Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service to establish exactly what occurred.
Det Ch Insp Graham Hill, of the Force Major Investigation Team, said: “Two children are in hospital with life-threatening injuries, and first and foremost our thoughts are with them and their parents at this awful time. We have specially-trained officers with them at hospital.
“At this time the fire is being treated as unexplained and an investigation has been launched with Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service to establish the cause.
“We now need you to contact us if you have any information at all that can help with this investigation.
“Maybe you were in the Coronation Crescent area last night between 7.30pm and 8.30pm and saw something suspicious, perhaps you have dashcam or CCTV which has captured the address during those times, or maybe you have other information you think could be important.
“Whatever you know we would urge you to contact us straight away.
“We are also aware of rumours circulating online about an explosion having occurred and we would like to clarify that this is not the case.”
