A child has tragically died in a devastating house fire this morning in Bradford, West Yorkshire.
A woman and three other children managed to escape the property and were rushed to hospital, where they are being treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
West Yorkshire Police raced to the residential street at 1am this morning after receiving calls by the fire service about reports of a ‘serious house fire’.
The force said in a statement: ‘A fourth child was found inside the address and was sadly pronounced deceased at the scene.’
A cordon is currently in place at the scene and police are working with fire investigators to determine the cause of the blaze.
Pictures of the scene show a two-storey house with a shattered window on the top floor, surrounded by scorch marks.
A child has tragically died in a house fire this morning in Bradford, West Yorkshire
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