Two arrested after house blaze leaves woman dead

Two men have been arrested after a woman died in a house fire in Grimsby.

The blaze which broke out in the early hours of yesterday ripped through the terraced house in Durban Road where the victim, named locally as Susan Bacon, was living alone.

Neighbours described being woken by a “massive bang” and rushing out onto the street to see flames pouring from both the downstairs bay window and upstairs window.

The fire left the house a gutted shell.

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Both scenes of crimes officers and fire investigators were sifting through the remains of the house yesterday in search of clues.

A spokesman for Humberside Police said: “Following initial inquiries, two men, aged 29 and 35 years old, were arrested and remain in custody at this time.”

Humberside Fire and Rescue sent four engines to the scene.