Two children killed after house fire

Alice Tomlinson
Sat, 25 Apr 2026 08:47:24 +0000

Two young children have died in a house fire in Wolverhampton on Friday evening, West Midlands police have confirmed.

Officers were called to Mason Street in Wolverhampton around 8:30pm after a fire was reported.

Despite firefighters initially rescuing two young children from the blaze, they could not be saved and were pronounced dead at the scene.

Two other children and a woman had already escaped the blaze before the emergency services arrived, the police confirmed.

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The three people were checked over by ambulance staff but did not need hospital treatment.

Police have set up a cordon across the property, which has been extensively damaged.

The authorities are currently establishing what caused the fire.

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