Three children died in house fire

Three children have sadly died in a house fire after a fire broke out at Clarence Avenue, Bridlington, shortly before midnight. Humberside Fire and Rescue Service said the children, one girl and two boys aged three, five and nine, died. The children's mother Samantha Hudson, 27, is said to be in a serious but stable condition at Scarborough General Hospital.

Mark Rhodes, head of operations for Humberside Fire and Rescue Service, said it was too early to establish the cause. He said: "We were faced at the time with a very severe house fire. Now this is a typical sort of three-storey terraced property, fire on the ground floor but very intense, very dense smoke logging right throughout the property.