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| Arrests in firework death inquiry | Arrests in firework death inquiry |
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| Three teenagers have been arrested over the death of a woman killed in a house fire after a firework was believed to have been put through her front door. | Three teenagers have been arrested over the death of a woman killed in a house fire after a firework was believed to have been put through her front door. |
| Mother-of-nine Mary Fox, 59, of Wallace Road, Bodmin, Cornwall, died in the fire on Thursday evening. | Mother-of-nine Mary Fox, 59, of Wallace Road, Bodmin, Cornwall, died in the fire on Thursday evening. |
| An 18-year-old man and two 17-year-old youths from the Bodmin area have all been held on suspicion on murder and are in custody awaiting interview. | |
| Ms Fox's 17-year-old son, Raum, escaped from the property and raised the alarm. | Ms Fox's 17-year-old son, Raum, escaped from the property and raised the alarm. |
| The remnants of a firework were found behind the front door of Ms Fox's house. | |
| Police stated over the weekend that they were planning to examine social networking sites on the internet as part of investigations into Ms Fox's death. | |
| It followed speculation about identities of the culprits being posted on the web and names being "bandied about". | It followed speculation about identities of the culprits being posted on the web and names being "bandied about". |
| Police said at the start of the investigation that the "key to solving the murder inquiry" lay within the local community of Bodmin. | |
| They stepped up patrols on the Berryfields estate where Ms Fox and her son lived and carried out door-to-door inquiries over the weekend. | |
| The remains of fireworks found in the street were also collected for potential evidence. |