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Hull fatal house fire: Floral tributes left for victims | Hull fatal house fire: Floral tributes left for victims |
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Floral tributes have been left in front of a fire-damaged terraced house where a man died along with his 10-year-old daughter. | |
Firefighters tried to save the pair from the home in Wensley Avenue, Cottingham, near Hull on Saturday. | |
They have been named locally as 47-year-old Garry Bolton and his daughter Paige. | |
A Humberside Police spokesman said the force was in the early stages of a "very complicated" investigation. | |
Post-mortem tests are due to take place on Tuesday to establish the cause of the girl's death. Tests on her father were carried out on Sunday. | |
Officers are working to identify the cause of the blaze, which started shortly before 07:50 GMT. | Officers are working to identify the cause of the blaze, which started shortly before 07:50 GMT. |
Mr Bolton died at the scene and his daughter later died in hospital. | |
They were the only people in the property at the time, according to the fire service. | |
A neighbour said he tried to rescue the pair after seeing smoke coming from the building. | |
Carl Goodfellow said he shouted through the letterbox to try to raise the alarm and also tried to break the door down. | Carl Goodfellow said he shouted through the letterbox to try to raise the alarm and also tried to break the door down. |
"I was banging on the window to try and get some attention, but there was nothing," he said. | "I was banging on the window to try and get some attention, but there was nothing," he said. |
Police said they were continuing to support the families of those involved "at this very difficult time". | |
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