Two arrested over baby fire death

A man and a woman have been arrested following the death of an eight-month-old baby in a house fire.

A man and a woman have been arrested following the death of an eight-month-old baby in a house fire.

Two adults and another child escaped the blaze in County Fermanagh, which killed Chelsea Agnew on Saturday morning.

Police investigating the cause of the fire in Drumbawn, Enniskillen, made the arrests under the Children and Young Persons Act.

A neighbour raised the alarm.

Firefighters found the dead baby in an upstairs bedroom.

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