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Latest update from The Guardian World: 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. 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 continued to investigate the wider circumstances around the collision. Cleveland police said officers were called at 5.23am to reports of a house fire in the Grangetown area of Middlesbrough. Two people died in the fire and a woman was in hospital in Newcastle in a critical condition, police said. A further three people sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were receiving treatment in hospital, a spokesperson added.
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Latest update from The Guardian World: 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. 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 continued to investigate the wider circumstances around the collision. Cleveland police said officers were called at 5.23am to reports of a house fire in the Grangetown area of Middlesbrough. Two people died in the fire and a woman was in hospital in Newcastle in a critical condition, police said. A further three people sustained non-life-threatening injuries and were receiving treatment in hospital, a spokesperson added.
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