Police not ruling out links to A66 crash after two killed in Middlesbrough house fire
Murder inquiry launched after blaze in Grangetown area, amid investigation into collision in which seven died A murder investigation has been launched after two people were killed in a house fire in Middlesbrough, with police not ruling out links to organised crime or the crash on the A66 on Saturday that killed seven people including two police officers. A child was one of those killed in the blaze in the early hour
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- The Guardian
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- 26 Aug 2026, 17:05 UTC
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- Mark Brown North of England correspondent
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- UK news
Murder inquiry launched after blaze in Grangetown area, amid investigation into collision in which seven died A murder investigation has been launched after two people were killed in a house fire in Middlesbrough, with police not ruling out links to organised crime or the crash on the A66 on Saturday that killed seven people including two police officers. A child was one of those killed in the blaze in the early hour
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Police not ruling out links to A66 crash after two killed in Middlesbrough house fire
Murder inquiry launched after blaze in Grangetown area, amid investigation into collision in which seven died A murder investigation has been launched after two people were killed in a house fire in Middlesbrough, with police not ruling out links to organised crime or the crash on the A66 on Saturday that killed seven people including two police officers. A child was one of those killed in the blaze in the early hour
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Police not ruling out links to A66 crash after two killed in Middlesbrough house fire
Murder inquiry launched after blaze in Grangetown area, amid investigation into collision in which seven died A murder investigation has been launched after two people were killed in a house fire in Middlesbrough, with police not ruling out links to organised crime or the fatal crash on the A66 that killed seven people including two police officers on Saturday. A child was one of the victims of the blaze in the early
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Police not ruling out links to A66 crash after two killed in Middlesbrough house fire
Murder inquiry launched after blaze in Grangetown area, amid investigation into collision in which seven died A murder investigation has been launched after two people were killed in a house fire in Middlesbrough, with police not ruling out links to organised crime or the fatal crash on the A66 that killed seven people including two police officers on Saturday. The blaze in the early hours of Wednesday came as police
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Police not ruling out links to A66 crash after two killed in Middlesbrough house fire
Murder inquiry launched after blaze in Grangetown area, amid investigation into collision in which seven died A murder investigation has been launched after two people were killed in a house fire in Middlesbrough, with police not ruling out links to organised crime or the fatal crash on the A66 that killed seven people including two police officers on Saturday. The blaze in the early hours of Wednesday came as police
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Murder investigation launched after two die in Middlesbrough house fire
Cleveland police not ruling out links to organised crime, as fire comes amid force’s investigation into fatal A66 crash A murder investigation has been launched after a house fire in Middlesbrough killed two people, with police not ruling out links to organised crime. The blaze in the early hours of Wednesday came as police continued to investigate the wider circumstances around a collision on Saturday on the A66 tha
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