Neighbour Karen Jackson
A 17-year-old boy has been arrested after two young children were killed in a "suspicious" house fire in a Derbyshire town.
Fire crews were called to the fire at a terraced house on Edale Way in Buxton at about 2345 BST on Friday.
A police spokesman said a woman, 23, and a baby escaped from a first floor window, but a five-year-old girl and a two-year-old boy died in the fire.
The mother and eight-month-old baby are in hospital with severe burns.
The mother is currently in a specialist burns unit and the baby has since been transferred to the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital.
Police and the fire service have begun a joint investigation.
Assistant Chief Constable Steve Cotterill said police had been called to the house on Friday night after reports of noise and nuisance in the garden.
He said nothing was found when officers attended.
The incident has been referred to the Independent Police Complaints Commission.
The teenager was arrested in the early hours of Saturday.
Mr Cotterill said: "Someone on the estate may well know any particular intelligence that we're after, or information which may assist us in this case.
"And I would offer for them to come forward to us in full confidence."
He said an incident room had been set up at Buxton police station.
Neighbour Karen Jackson said she had been at the scene in the early hours of Saturday.
She said: "They were brilliant, a lovely family. Everyone liked them, everyone. They didn't have any enemies.
"It's heartbreaking, I'm still in shock now. I just feel numb."
Floral tributes and teddy bears have been left at the scene. One read: "Sleep with the angels little darlings. God bless."
The end-of-terrace house has been cordoned off while investigations are carried out.
The fire burned through the roof and the upstairs windows and front door were destroyed.
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